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Spooky Middle Grade Books to Keep You Up at Night

All the books on here are guaranteed to make you buy a night light for your bedroom.

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  • After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small spaces.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2018]
  • Corinne is sure she's not afraid of anything...until she sees a pair of glowing yellow eyes watching her in the forest.
    Book, 2015Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books, 2015. — J BAP
  • Three friends go to terrifying lengths to return a haunted doll to her empty grave.
    Book, 2013New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2013. — YA BLACK
  • Every night, tiny stars appear out of the darkness in little Sandy's bedroom. She catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls asleep, and in the morning brings them back to life in the whimsical drawings that cover her…
    Graphic Novel, 2016London : Nobrow, 2016. — NIGHTLIGHTS
  • For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business. Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augustine. Together, they must join…
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Scholastic Press, [2020] — +J ORTEGA
  • Harper doesn’t trust her new home from the moment she steps inside, and the rumors are that the Raine family’s new house is haunted. Harper isn’t sure she believes those rumors, until her younger brother, Michael, starts acting strangely.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017] — JUV OH
  • When sixth-grader Rosie begins to see magic, she learns that her mother's dwindling memory is tied to an age-old battle between the light of the moon and the darkness of witches.
    Book, 2021New York : Aladdin, 2021. — +J ANDERSON
  • Out to Get You

    13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe

    Allen, Josh,
    A collection of thirteen short stories that reveals frightening secrets lurking in everyday objects.
    Book, 2019New York : Holiday House, [2019] — ALLEN
  • Imprisoned by Natacha, a witch, in a New York apartment, Alex must tell her a new scary story every night in order to stay alive.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — J WHI
  • Ten-year-old Immy and her family run away from their storm cloud of problems to a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, England. When they find an adorable thatched cottage to begin a perfect new life in, the only downside is the ancient, dark and…
    Book, 2020Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020. — RUSHBY