Booktacular Halloween Books for Tweens

Check out these Spooktacular Halloween books for tweens available at the Sussex County Library System. Some scary and some....not so scary.

Updated October 9, 2025
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The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night
Banbury, Steven.
Paper Book
A spooky yet heartwarming adventure about one girl's journey into the land of the undead, and the unexpected family she finds along the way. Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and the hit series Wednesday. On Halloween, it is always wise to expect the...
The ghost in the attic
Butler, Dori Hillestad
Paper Book
A brand-new young chapter book series from Edgar Award winner Dori Hillestad Butler! After successfully solving the mystery of the ghost in the library, Kaz and Claire land the first case for their detective agency-a haunted attic in a neighbor's home! With a little help from...
Misfit mansion
Davault, Kay
Paper Book
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends meets Hilda and the Troll in this spooky and sweet middle grade graphic novel about a monster girl who sneaks out of her foster home and into a human town in search of a forever family but finds more than she bargained for. ...
The International House of Dereliction
Davies, Jacqueline,
The graveyard book /
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal.  Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place--he's the only living...
Ophie's ghosts /
Ireland, Justina
Paper Book
Winner of the 2001 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction The New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping tale of the ghosts of our past that won't stay buried, starring an unforgettable girl named Ophie. ...
Captain Awesome vs. the spooky, scary house
Kirby, Stan.
Paper Book
Captain Awesome and Nacho Cheese Man must protect their town from a haunted house in this Halloween-themed adventure. The town of Sunnyview is ready for Halloween, and Eugene McGillicudy and Charlie Thomas Jones can hardly wait to go trick-or-treating! But when the boys encounter...
The skull : a Tyrolean folktale
Klassen, Jon
Paper Book
The Bellwoods Game /
Krampien, Celia,
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus, this "beautifully creepy" (Kirkus Reviews), highly illustrated middle grade novel follows a girl who hopes to fix her outcast status through a game in the haunted...
Let's celebrate Halloween /
Roop, Peter
Paper Book
Scare up the Halloween spirit with this fun-and fact-packed look at one of children's favorite holidays, featuring easy-to-follow directions for making masks & costumes, plus spooky jokes & riddles to make young Halloweeners howl with glee!
Lily's ghosts
Ruby, Laura.
Paper Book
Lily is Furious. She can't believe she has to move again after her mom's break-up with the latest boyfriend. Now they're broke and they'll have to spend the winter in Uncle Wes's creepy summerhouse in Cape May, New Jersey. And the place is crawling with ghosts. From the spiteful teenager who...
The graveyard book
Russell, P. Craig
Paper Book
Both volumes of the New York Times bestselling The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel are now available in a single-volume hardcover edition! Each chapter in this adaptation by P. Craig Russell--now combined into one splendid volume--is illustrated by a different luminary from the comic book...
The curious vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby /
Schmidt, G. Z.
Paper Book
The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident. When six-year-old Beatrice Willoughby vanished at the Amadeuses' annual All Hallows Eve party, people in the tiny mountain town of Nevermore were quick to whisper: They were always odd. Their...
City of ghosts
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
  From NYT bestselling author Victoria Schwab comes a thrillingly spooky and action-packed tale of hauntings, history, mystery, and the bond between friends Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't like to think about it), she can pull back the...
The legend of Greyhallow /
Short, Summer Rachel
Paper Book
"[F]ans of The Lord of the Rings and portal fantasies will find much to enjoy" (Kirkus Reviews) in this fantastical middle grade adventure about two siblings who must close the door to a magical realm that inspired a popular movie franchise before their own world is conquered by emerging...
Friiight night /
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Goosebumps now on Disney+! Kelly Crosby is the new kid in school. So far, it's not going so well. He's already gotten lost, had trouble making friends, and annoyed the monster that lives in the school basement. That's right. This new school has a monster. Every year, at a...
It watches in the dark /
Strand, Jeff.
Paper Book
"She glanced over her shoulder. Had the scarecrow moved? It stood there, smile stitched on its face, but now it felt like a smirk." Prepare to be scared silly in this creepy middle-grade novel! Twins seek medical help in a remote village after their father is in a canoeing accident...only...
Nightmare in the backyard
Strand, Jeff
Paper Book
When the scratching starts on the tent, a backyard camping trip turns terrifying for three friends. Prepare to be scared silly in this creepy middle-grade novel for fans of R.L. Stine, Dan Poblocki, and Mary Downing Hahn. Chloe, Avery, and Madison can't wait to spend the night camping in...
Zombie season
Weinberger, Justin
Paper Book
Baby-sitters little sister. 11, Karen's ghost
Yingst, DK
Paper Book
Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off from The Baby-sitters Club, adapted and illustrated by DK Yingst! Karen thinks there's a ghost in her house! But she has never really seen the ghost of Old Ben Brewer... until now. Karen and her stepsister, Kristy, have found out...

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