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?
Almost all of these books are some of my favourites or on my TBR! Love to see that your fifth graders are enjoying them so much. I'll have to check out Fleur Bradley. Another spooky MG fave of mine is HIDE AND SEEKER by Daka Hermon.
ReplyDeleteOoh, thanks! I'll definitely check that one out.
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