18 books like A ghost named Wanda

What to read after A ghost named Wanda — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

A bad case of ghosts Kenneth Oppel · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Chris Barnes n'aime pas la nouvelle maison dans laquelle sa famille vient d'emménager. Il fait la connaissance de Tina et Kevin Einstein, ses voisins, qui ont élaboré un fantômètre servant à détecter la présence de fantômes. Grâce à cet appareil, Chris découvre que sa maison est hantée par des oiseaux-fantômes. Chris, Tina et Kevin, les petits génies, veulent percer leur mystère. Shares: Fantômes, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The Ghost Next Door Robert Lawrence Stine · 1993 · ★ 3.8 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Hannah's boring summer changes when a new boy, who seems to disappear in the strangest ways, moves in next door. Shares: Fantômes, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Humorous stories

The Time of the Ghost Diana Wynne Jones · 1981 · ★ 3.8 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate From Publishers Weekly Published in Great Britain in 1981 and available here for the first time, this gripping novel serves up often giddily hilarious fantasy that nonetheless deals unflinchingly with some ugly issues. At least twice in the course of the multi-layered narrative, the heroine has not the faintest idea who she is?a powerful metaphor for the novel's underlying theme of alienation… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Supernatural, Paranormal

The Ghost Belonged to Me Richard Peck · 1975 · ★ 4.8 · 183p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In this story set in 1913, Blossom Culp, Alexander Armsworth, adventurer Miles Armsworth, and Blossom's spiritualist mother set out to exorcise a ghost. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

Christina's Ghost Betty Ren Wright · 1985 · ★ 3.9 · 105p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Christina's summer in a spooky, isolated Victorian house with her grumpy uncle turns into a ghostly adventure. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The ghost wore gray Bruce Coville · 1988 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Nina ("Nine") Tanleven and her best buddy Chris Gurley are having a hard time. The play that led to them meeting a ghost and unraveling a mystery has ended. Now the rest of the summer looms ahead, looking dull after their great adventure.Luckily, Nine's dad gets a job designing the restoration of an old – and distressingly run down – hotel in the Catskill Mountains. Nine and Chris are more than… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The Haunting Margaret Mahy · 1982 · ★ 3.6 · 135p · ≈ 4h · Moderate After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which could be considered a curse or a rare gift. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Supernatural, Paranormal

Saving the Sun Dragon Tracey West · 2014 · ★ 4.3 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate DRAGON MASTERS has it all--dragons, Dragon Stones, a wizard, and even some magic!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! In the… Shares: Chapter Books, Children's fiction

Remember me 3 Christopher Pike · 1995 · ★ 3.0 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Someone did not like Shari Cooper writing her stories. Shari Cooper had died once, and then returned to earth as a Wanderer - a soul who had been given permission to take the place of another soul in a mature body. Shari has regained her memory of her previous life. More than that, she has realized her purpose in returning to mortal life. To write stories for young people to help them understand… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The Headless Ghost Robert Lawrence Stine · 1995 · ★ 3.7 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Everyone knows about Hill House. It's the biggest tourist attraction in town. That's because it's haunted. Haunted by the ghost of a thirteen-year-old boy. A boy with no head! Duane and Stephanie love Hill House. It's dark. And creepy. And totally scary. Still, they've never actually seen the ghost. Until the night they decide to go on a search. A search for his head... Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The house of the nightmare, and other eerie tales Kathleen Lines · 1967 · ★ 3.6 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate CONTENTS: 1 - FROM IMAGINATION The House Of The Nightmare by Edward Lucas White The Hauntings At Thorhallstead by Allen French His Own Number by William Croft Dickinson Gabriel-Ernest by Saki Hand In Glove by Elizabeth Bowen Mr. Fox (traditional english tale) by Anonymous Curfew by L.M. Boston John Bartine's Watch by Ambrose Bierce The Monkey's Paw by W.W.Jacobs My Grandfather, Hendry Watty by… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

Ghostly companions Vivien Alcock · 1984 · ★ 3.5 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate From Publishers Weekly Alcock's fans will be well-spooked by the strange events in this anthology of wonderfully eerie stories. In "The Whisperer," a small girl who has been dead for years haunts her older brother with continuous whispers of "Let me in, please let me in," until an outsider shows the family what the restless spirit wants. A lad buys "The Sea Bride," a ship's figurehead, only to… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Supernatural, Paranormal

Gus was a friendly ghost Jane Thayer · 1962 · ★ 4.2 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A ghost and a mouse have a summer house all to themselves while the folks are away for the winter. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The Reckoning Kelley Armstrong · 2010 · ★ 3.8 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Grade 8 Up Fifteen-year-old Chloe Saunders and her friends Tori, Simon, and Derek are genetically altered supernaturals on the run from the evil corporation that created them. Hiding out with a family friend, they are trying to make sense of their predicament and discover what sinister plans the Edison Group has in store for them. As a powerful necromancer who can raise the dead in her sleep,… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Supernatural, Paranormal

Boss of Lunch Barbara Park · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 77p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Something very wonderful is happening to Junie B. Jones. And it's called--hurray, hurray!--she's getting to be a professional lunch lady! And that means hanging out with Mrs. Gutzman in the cafeteria. And standing behind the counter. And even wearing a real actual hair net! Who knows? Pretty soon she could be the boss of the whole entire lunch operation!From the Hardcover edition. Shares: Chapter Books, Humorous stories, Humor, Children's fiction

The Awakening Kelley Armstrong · 2009 · ★ 3.7 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl — someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I'm as far away from normal as it gets. A living science experiment — not only can I see ghosts, but I was genetically altered by a sinister organization called the Edison Group. What does that mean? For starters, I'm a teenage necromancer whose… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Supernatural, Paranormal

The Screaming Staircase Jonathan Stroud · 2013 · ★ 4.3 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London. This book is part of a brilliant series for children (and parents) who love to be creeped out. It’s set in London when the city is experiencing an outbreak of ghosts who kill people if they come into contact with them. The catch: only children can see them. These stories features the… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Supernatural, Paranormal

The Goat-Foot God Violet M. Firth (Dion Fortune) · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Desperate and wretched after the death of his wife at the hands of her lover, Hugh Paston becomes engrossed in the occult and goes on a quest for Pan, aided by an old bookseller called Jelkes. In order to fulfil his desire he buys an old monastery to convert into a temple for Pan. The monastery is haunted however by the spirit of a fifteenth century prior who was walled up for his pagan beliefs… Shares: Paranormal, Children's fiction

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