With Halloween fast-approaching, I thought I'd revisit my Scary Stories for Middle Grade post from two years ago. Spooky stories (horror, ghost stories, scares, and creepy mysteries) continue to be a big hit with my 5th graders. I started a whole bin just for 'Scary Stories,' and students have been grabbing them since school started.
Get in a spooky mood with any of these incredible Spooky Stories for Middle Grade readers. Want more middle grade? Check out #iLoveMG for more books that my fifth graders recommend. (Please note that my fifth graders read a wide variety of books across a wide variety of genres, levels, and topics. Do not think that these books are "only" for fifth graders.) Or check out #3rdfor3rd for recommendations from when I taught third grade.
Spooky Stories for Middle Grade
- This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko. The teeth scene. Enough said. (Seriously, so many of my students shoved this book into another unsuspecting-student's hands as soon as they finished with it.)
- It Found Us by Linday Currie. Honestly, that cover is too much for me, yikes!
- Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley. This one is the most tame of the bunch but has a strong mystery element to hook readers. Big Westing House vibes.
- Daybreak at Raven Island by Fleur Bradley. Mystery inspired by Alcatraz. Enough said.
- The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
- Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega
- Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow
- The Clackity by Lora Senf -- now a three-book series with The Nighthouse Keeper (2) and The Loneliest Place (3)
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian Heidicker (and the sequel Scary Stories for Young Foxes: the City)
- The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie
- Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie
- The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon
- The Jumbies (series) by Tracey Baptiste
Click here for all of our #iLoveMG posts. What are your favorite spooky stories for middle grade readers?