Jeffrey’s Ghost and the
Fifth-Grade Dragon |
Bradford the ghost goes to school with Jeffrey and Laura when they
begin fifth grade, and being both mischievous and invisible he
creates a lot of problems. |
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Adler, David |
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J Fic ADL |
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The Ghost Inside the Monitor |
While working in her father’s computer, 11-year-old Sarah finds a
terminal containing the ghost of a young girl who lived in the
area in the early years of the century, and the connection pulls
her through the computer into that other girls’ time period. |
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Anderson, Margaret |
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J Fic AND |
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Step by Wicked Step |
An old diary
found in a decrepit castle motivates five classmates whose parents
are divorced to share their feelings and experiences. Wickedly
wise and eerie. |
Anne, Fine
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J Fic ANN |
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The House with a Clock in its Wall |
A breezy and pleasantly shivery excursion into the occult, with
Lewis, a likeable boy hero, and Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman,
a pair of benign and eccentric adults whose zany magic defeats a
ghost. |
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Bellairs, John |
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J Fic BEL |
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The Revenge of the Wizard’s Ghost |
While thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon lies dying, possessed by an
evil spirit, his friends, an elderly professor and a schoolmate,
try to find some way to free him. |
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Bellairs, John |
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J Fic BEL |
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Devil's Donkey |
Stew Meat wishes that Dan'l could respect the local superstitions
in their small New England town, such as the ban against chopping
the witches' Coven Tree. |
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Brittain, Bill |
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J Fic BRI |
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McMummy |
In this combination of the funny and bizarre, a boy faces off
against a sinister, humming pea pod that’s growing in the
greenhouse of an eccentric professor. |
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Byars, Betsy |
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J Fic BYA |
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A Ghost of a Chance |
Punch and his friends spend a summer in North Carolina looking at
dolphins, hunting for Blackbeard’s buried treasure, and watching
out for the famed pirate’s ghost. |
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Carris, Joan |
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J Fic CAR |
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The Discontented Ghost |
A retelling of Oscar Wilde’s “The Canterville Ghost” from the
ghost’s point of view. The resident ghost of an English manor
house vows to rid the property of its new American owner. |
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Corbett, Scott |
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J Fic COR |
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Pleasing the Ghost |
Nine-year-old Dennis, whose uncle and father died within a year of
one another, is visited by the ghost of his uncle, and together
they settle some unfinished business. |
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Creech, Sharon |
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J Fic CRE |
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The Ghost of Fossil Glen |
Allie knows it’s not her imagination when she hears a voice and
sees in her mind’s eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking
Allie’s help. |
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DeFelice, Cynthia |
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J Fic DEF |
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The Witch Family |
The Old Witch, the Little Witch Girl and Witch Baby are all the
creations of crayon wielded by Amy and Clarissa. As their
imaginations run riot, the witches take on an independent life of
their own and the two groups mix and mingle in a series of
adventures that reach a climax on Halloween. |
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Estes, Eleanor |
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J Fic EST |
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The Ghost on Saturday Night |
Ten-year-old Opie’s efforts to raise money for a saddle involve
him in a ghost raising session and the recovery of money stolen
from the bank. |
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Fleischman, Sid |
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J Fic FLE |
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The Midnight Horse |
Recently orphaned, young Touch arrives by stagecoach in
Cricklewood to meet his grouch and wicked great-uncle, Judge
Wigglesforth. With his own courage and a bit of magic, Touch
outwits his villainous great-uncle, reclaims his rightful
inheritance, and saves the Red Raven Inn for Miss Sally. |
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Fleischman, Sid |
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J Fic FLE |
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Running Out of Time |
It is 1996, but a group of people in an
experimental village lives as if it is 1840, secretly observed at
their work and play by tourists. But the experiment goes awry. |
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Haddix, Margaret
Peterson |
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J Fic HAD |
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Time For Andrew |
When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the
family’s old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years
into the past to trade places with his great-great uncle who is
dying of diphtheria, |
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Hahn, Mary Downing |
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J Fic HAH |
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Horror at the Haunted House |
While acting in a “haunted house” featuring interesting deaths in
history, Ellen is contacted by the ghost of a former resident, who
seems to be protecting the collection of antique Wedgewood dishes
on display there. |
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Kehert, Peg |
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J Fic KEH |
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The Ghost of Thomas Kempe |
Rarely has such an ornery ghost as Thomas Kempe, a
seventeenth-century sorcerer who wants James Harrison to be his
apprentice, haunted anyone. |
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Lively, Penelope |
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J Fic LIV |
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Seven Spiders Spinning |
Ice Age spiders thaw out in modern-day Vermont in a neat
combination of clever wit and delicious thrills. |
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Maguire, Gregory |
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J Fic MAG |
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The Witch Herself |
The struggle of Lynn with Mrs. Tuggle began in Witch’s Sister and
Witch Water. |
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Naylor, Phyllis
Reynolds |
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J Fic NAY |
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The Witch's Eye |
In this fourth tale of witch spells and magic, a talisman of Witch
Tuggle, who died in a fire, plagues best friends Lynn and Mouse. |
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Naylor, Phyllis
Reynolds |
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J Fic NAY |
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Witch Water |
Lynn and her friend Mouse believe their elderly
neighbor is a witch. |
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Naylor, Phyllis
Reynolds |
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J Fic NAY |
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Bed-Knob and Broomstick |
Charles, Carey, and Paul discover a lonely spinster studying to
become a witch who gives the children special magic powers. |
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Norton, Mary |
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J Fic NOR |
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Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death |
The ghost of an Egyptian princess gives Blossom Culp a difficult
assignment. |
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Peck, Richard |
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J Fic PEC |
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School Spirits |
When Patrick
moves to a new town, he is confronted by a ghostly boy who seeks
his help. |
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Tunnell, Michael |
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J Fic TUN |
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The Dollhouse Murders |
Strange things happen in the old doll hose Amy finds in the attic. |
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Wright, Betty Ren |
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J Fic WRI |
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The Ghost in Room 11 |
When his family moves to a small town near Milwaukee, Matt’s
efforts to fit into his new fourth-grade class are complicated by
his poor spelling and his encounter with the ghost of one of the
school’s former teachers. |
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Wright, Betty Ren |
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J Fic WRI |
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The Ghosts of Mercy Manor |
Twelve-year-old Gwen, an orphan who comes to live with the Mercy
family, discovers that the house is haunted by the ghost of a sad
looking young girl and is determined to solve the mystery behind
her appearances. |
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Wright, Betty Ren |
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J Fic WRI |
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