Scary Stories
Scary reads for upper elementary kids in grades 3rd - 5th
J FIC ALEXANDER - Last Laugh by K.R. Alexander
What's scarier than a collection of clown dolls in a secret locked room? How about ... those clown dolls coming to life. And hunting you down.
J FIC ALEXANDER - Possess Me by K.R. Alexander
You've been warned -- if you summon a spirit, it may want to go back to being human... by living inside you.
J FIC ARDEN V.1 - Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
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.
Liked this book? There are 3 more in the series, so far!
J FIC TROUPE- Trapped in Room 217 by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Jayla Walters isn’t sure what to expect when her father’s job uproots her & her brother, to Estes Park. But right away, something doesn’t seem right and Jayla soon discovers that their home for the week, Room 217 of the Stanley Hotel, is the most haunted place in all of Colorado. Barely asleep the first night, Jayla watches a ghostly woman walk toward her bed. And the ghost visits her room every night. What does the ghost want?
J FIC BROWN - The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown
When 11 year old Iris sneaks out at night to make snow angels, she was not expecting to raise the ghost of Avery Moore, a girl her own age. Immediately, strange things start to happen to Iris: She begins having vivid nightmares. She wakes up to find her bedroom window wide open, letting in the snow. She thinks she sees the shadow of a girl lurking in the woods. And she feels the pull of the abandoned grave, calling her back to the clearing...
J FIC CURRIE - It Found Us by Lindsay Currie
Twelve-year-old Hazel Woods has always had an unusual knack for sleuthing. So, when she not-so-accidentally overhears her brother Den planning to sneak into the cemetery at night for an epic game of hide-and-seek, she decides to secretly tag along. This seems like the perfect opportunity to investigate the claims that the cemetery is haunted. But the moment the game ends, Hazel realizes something is very, very wrong.
J FIC GAIMAN - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
J FIC HENSELEIT V.1 - The Witching Hours: The Vampire Knife by Jack Henseleit
Anna and Max love scary stories - but when they find a mysterious knife on a dark and stormy night, truth soon becomes stranger than fiction. Dragged into a world of monsters and magic, will the siblings find a way to survive?
Liked this book? There are 5 more in the series!
J FIC POBLOCKI V.1 - Shadow House: The Gathering by Dan Poblocki
Poppy Caldwell is an orphan who keeps seeing a figure standing behind her in the mirror. She doesn’t connect this ghost to the mysterious note in her file, claiming to be from a long-lost aunt, and inviting her to Larkspur House. She is just one of five children who find themselves gathered in this strange house with a deadly past, and apparently no intention of letting the children escape.
Liked this book? There are 3 more in the series!
J FIC SCHWAB - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Ever since her near-fatal drowning, Cassidy has been able to pull back the "Veil" that separates the living from the dead and see ghosts, not that she wants to. Her parents are going to start filming a TV series about the world's most haunted places, starting with Edinburgh with its graveyards, castles, and restless phantoms--and Cass and her personal ghost companion, Jacob, are about to find out that a city of old ghosts can be a very dangerous place indeed.
Liked this book? There are 2 more books in this trilogy!
J FIC STINE - Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine
How ugly is Carly Beth's Halloween mask? It's so ugly that it almost scared her little brother to death. So terrifying that even her friends are totally freaked out by it. With yellow-green skin and long animal fangs, the mask terrifies the entire neighborhood. Before long, it has a surprising effect on Carly Beth, too. She tries to take it off . . . but it won't budge! Halloween is almost over, but fright night is just beginning.
Liked this book? There are over 60 books in this series!
J FIC STRAND - It Watches in the Dark by Jeff Strand
Once you open this book, you’re doomed . . . Cursed to stay up late, savoring every line of these terrifying stories. Go ahead and try to resist. The Night Things won’t let you get far. In this wondrous world, which looks an awful like our own, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places
Scary Story Collections
J FIC ALLEN - Once they See You
Once you open this book, you’re doomed . . . Cursed to stay up late, savoring every line of these terrifying stories. Go ahead and try to resist. The Night Things won’t let you get far. In this wondrous world, which looks an awful like our own, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places.
J FIC MABERRY - Don't Turn Out the Lights
Once you open this book, you’re doomed . . . Cursed to stay up late, savoring every line of these terrifying stories. Go ahead and try to resist. The Night Things won’t let you get far. In this wondrous world, which looks an awful like our own, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places.
J FIC RISSI - Hide and Don’t Seek
A game of hide-and-seek goes on far too long…
A look-alike doll makes itself right at home…
A school talent-show act leaves the audience aghast…
And a summer at camp takes a turn for the braaaains…
So if you’re feeling brave, open this book.
J FIC STINE - Stinetinglers
A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player’s skin starts to almost drip off his hands―but no one else can see it. Three friends find a hole in the ground that just gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger... And each story is introduced by Stine himself, providing a personal touch sure to delight fans.
Liked this story collection? There are 3 more in the series!