Scary Books for Grades 3–5
Children’s Fiction (J)
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Beware! R. L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories | J Beware |
| Baptiste | The Jumbies Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home. (234 pp.) | J Baptiste |
| Bauer | The Blue Ghost At her grandmother's log cabin, Liz makes contact with children she believes may be her ancestors. (85 pp.) | J Bauer |
| Bellairs | The House with a Clock in Its Walls Lewis goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls, which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. (179 pp.) | J Bellairs |
| Cannon | Oddity Ada and her friends face zombie rabbits, alien mobs, and puppet cartels as they explore their small New Mexico town seeking Ada's missing twin sister. (313 pp.) | J Cannon |
| Cotter | The Swallow: A Ghost Story Despite their differences, Rose and Polly become friends and explore the uncertain world between life and death. (318 pp.) | J Cotter |
| Fisher | Scare Scape When Morton finds a creepy gargoyle buried in the yard of his new house, he and his siblings each make a wish—and unleash chaos. (298 pp.) | J Fisher |
| Gidwitz | A Tale Dark & Grimm Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering many wicked, bloodthirsty creatures. (256 pp.) | J Gidwitz |
| Hahn | The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall Florence goes to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm. (155 pp.) | J Hahn |
| Hardinge | Well Witched Three friends fall prey to the Well Witch when they steal her coins. (390 pp.) | J Hardinge |
| Harrold | The Imaginary Amanda's imaginary playmate Rudger must elude evil Mr. Bunting, who hunts imaginaries. (221 pp.) | J Harrold |
| Loftin | The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy Lorelei and Andrew's new school is filled with a mysterious abundance of food at mealtimes and teachers who are up to no good. (282 pp.) | J Loftin |
| McKenzie | The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow Kidnapped by his aunts, Elijah is whisked to Moaning Marsh, where he realizes they are witches who need him in order to remove a curse. (264 pp.) | J McKenzie |
| McKissack | The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural Ghost stories with African American themes. | J McKissack |
| Preller | Home Sweet Horror After the death of his mother, Liam and his father and sister move to a new house for a fresh start, but Liam soon discovers the old house is haunted. (97 pp.) | J Preller |
| Roberts | The View from the Cherry Tree Rob saw a murder, but no one believes him—except the murderer. (181 pp.) | J Roberts |
| San Souci | Haunted Houses Ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts. | J San Souci |
| Scaletta | The Tanglewood Terror Eric must stop a giant glowing fungus from encroaching on his town. (264 pp.) | J Scaletta |
| Segel | Nightmares! Charlie and his friends must stop nightmares from taking over their town. (355 pp.) | J Segel |
| Snyder | The Witches of Worm Jessie is convinced the cat she finds is possessed by a witch and is responsible for her own strange behavior. (183 pp.) | J Snyder |
| Stine | Wanted: The Haunted Mask When she discovers an evil mask in a trunk and puts it on, Lu-Ann's Halloween turns into a real nightmare. (231 pp.) | J Stine |
| Vande Velde | Ghost of a Hanged Man A condemned outlaw threatens to wreak vengeance from the grave. (95 pp.) | J Vande Velde |
| Wright | The Dollhouse Murders A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light leads Amy and her sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago. (149 pp.) | J Wright |
Children’s Illustrated Fiction (J Illus.)
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Hamilton | Wee Winnie Witch’s Skinny: An Original African American Scare Tale James Lee and Uncle Big Anthony become victims of a flying witch. | J Illus. Hamilton |
| Irving | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow A superstitious schoolmaster has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. | J Illus. Irving |
| McKissack | Ol' Clip-Clop: A Ghost Story A mean and stingy lawyer out to evict a widow is followed by a ghostly rider. | J Illus. McKissack |
Nonfiction, Folktales & Poetry
| Author | Title | Call Number |
|---|
| Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell | J398.2 Scared |
| Schwartz | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | J398.2 NO Schwartz |
| Winters | Literally Disturbed: Tales to Keep You Up at Night | J811 WI |
Last Updated: 4/15
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