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New Spooky Reads

Try these new scary titles for middle grade readers! The content of this booklist is curated by Ramsey County Library Staff following RCL best practices and standards including equity and inclusive representation.

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  • School is tough. School is scary. School is EERIE. No one knows this better than Davis and Emily. But they're not scared of school because of tough tests or merciless vice-principals. No, they're scared because their teacher wants her…
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, 2023. — GRAPHIC J ANNA
  • After searching everywhere for her grandfather, Micah's instincts lead her to Finch House. But once she is invited her inside, Micah realizes she can't leave. And that, with its strange whispers and deep-dark shadows, Finch House isn't…
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2023] — J FIC BURC
  • When a mysterious blood-red hourglass begins appearing around town and children begin to go missing, the trio must band together to stop the horrors plaguing New Rotterdam, or risk losing their home... and possibly their lives. Because…
    BookNew York : Zando Young Readers, 2024. — J FIC CLAR #1
  • The Old Willis Place

    a Ghost Story Graphic Novel

    Hahn, Mary Downing
    Tired of the rules that have bound them ever since "the bad thing happened," twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, setting in motion events that lead to the release of the…
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — GRAPHIC J HAHN
  • Sent to her grandmother's estate in Trinidad, Rika meets a group of kids with elemental powers called Minders, who reveal that her long-lost mom is in danger, sending Rika on a magical adventure where she must learn to believe in herself…
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2023] — J FIC HOWA
  • Seventh-grader Sadie is being literally haunted by loneliness in the form of a vengeful ghost, until a new friendship upends her life and threatens the ghost's hold over her.
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2024] — J FIC MEJI
  • Adam and Victor are brothers who have the usual fights over the remote, which movie to watch and whether or not it's morally acceptable to eat people. Well, not so much eat... just drink a little blood. They're vampires, hiding in plain…
    Book[Toronto] : Tundra, [2023] — J FIC MOUL
  • Amelia has found a book of scary stories. Stories about an innocent prank gone wrong, so very wrong...a tarot deck that reveals much more than bargained for...a family of witches yearning for revenge...But Amelia knows it's just a book.…
    BookNew York : Penguin Workshop, 2023. — PB J FIC POBL
  • The Walter Award Honor winning author of Root Magic returns with a terrifying story in the Southern Gothic tradition, inspired by the hoodoo practice of hair burning.
    BookNew York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — J FIC ROYC
  • Convinced that a big-foot-like creature took her best friend during a scouting trip, eleven-year-old Jenna sets out into the woods to find her.
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2024] — J FIC RUSS
  • Stinetinglers 3

    More Chilling Stories by the Master of Scary Tales

    Stine, R. L.
    A collection of ten scary stories with brief introductions by the author. Look for the first two books in the series: "Stinetinglers" and "Stinetinglers 2" as well!
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — J FIC STIN #3