Tween Horror Fiction

Updated April 30, 2024
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The girl in the locked room : a ghost story
Hahn, Mary Downing
Paper Book
Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl imprisoned for more than a century, the terrifying events that put her there, and a friendship that crosses the boundary between past and present. A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules...
Whispering Pines
Lang, Heidi
Paper Book
Stranger Things meets The X-Files in this eerie, heart-pounding middle grade adventure about a young boy and girl who must protect their small town from otherworldly forces threatening to destroy it. Rae's father vanished without a trace--and Rae knows what happened...
This appearing house
Malinenko, Ally
Paper Book
From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks and Ghost Squad, about a terrifying house and the girl haunted by her experience with cancer, grief, and healing. Are you brave enough to step inside? For as long as anyone could remember...
The stars did wander darkling
Meloy, Colin
Paper Book
A suspenseful and atmospheric horror set in 1980s Oregon, perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Neil Gaiman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix, from New York Times bestselling author and the Decemberists' lead singer/songwriter, Colin Meloy. Maybe Archie Coomes has been watching too many horror...
No place for monsters
Merritt, Kory
Paper Book
In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying," two unlikely friends face down their worst fears in order to stop their small town--and themselves--from disappearing.  Levi and...
Spirit hunters
Oh, Ellen
Paper Book
"Oh has crafted a truly chilling middle grade horror novel that will grab readers' imaginations." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Even more impressive than the shiver factor is the way the author skillfully uses the compelling premise to present a strong, consistent message of not...
The abominable snowman of Pasadena /
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare! Jordan Blake and his sister, Nicole, are sick of the hot weather in Pasadena, California. Just once...
Stinetinglers : all new stories by the master of scary tales
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to leave you shivering. A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player's skin starts to almost drip off his hands--but...
Stinetinglers :
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to leave you shivering. A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player's skin starts to almost drip off his hands--but...

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