18 books like A good night for ghosts

What to read after A good night for ghosts — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Thanksgiving on Thursday Mary Pope Osborne · 2002 · ★ 3.9 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Jack and Annie travel in their magic treehouse to the year 1621, where they celebrate the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in the New Plymouth Colony. Shares: Tree houses, Space and time, Voyages and travels, Brothers and sisters

Revolutionary War on Wednesday Mary Pope Osborne · 2000 · ★ 4.4 · 69p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River. Shares: Tree houses, Space and time, Voyages and travels, Brothers and sisters

The Crossroads of Time Andre Norton · 1956 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate First published in 1958, Andre Norton's The Time Traders fuses Cold War espionage with archaeological romance and speculative adventure. Its protagonist, Ross Murdock, a delinquent recruited into a covert government project, is sent into prehistory to uncover how Soviet agents have gained access to alien technology. Norton's prose is brisk, economical, and suspenseful, shaped by pulp traditions… Shares: Space and time, Time Travel

Red Shift Alan Garner · 1973 · ★ 3.8 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The lives of three young men in three different periods of British history converge and each influences the destiny of the others. Shares: Space and time, Time Travel

Sunset of the Sabertooth Mary Pope Osborne · 1996 · ★ 4.4 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie on a mission to the Ice Age where they encounter Cro-Magnons, cave bears, sabertooth tigers, and woolly mammoths. Shares: Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic

Leprechaun in late winter Mary Pope Osborne · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Jack and Annie are on their third mission to find (and inspire!) creative people to bring happiness to others through the arts (Mozart and Louis Armstrong so far). Set in Ireland, Jack and Annie meet an Irish girl and go on a magical adventure that changes the girl's life--she grows up to be Lady Gregory, who helped bring back the Irish legends, started a theater, and helped the Irish people… Shares: Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Historical Fiction

Abe Lincoln at last! Mary Pope Osborne · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell. Shares: Space and time, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic

Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne · 1992 · ★ 4.5 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. ---------- German-language description: Ein Baumhaus mitten im Wald, wie aufregend! Neugierig klettern Anne und Philipp die Strickleiter hinauf. Wem es wohl gehört? Doch plötzlich beginnt das Baumhaus, sich wild zu drehen. Immer schneller und… Shares: Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic

Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Mary Pope Osborne · 1992 · ★ 4.1 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Merlin has sent Jack and Annie on another mission to rescue a beautiful magical creature, the unicorn. AC 44650. Shares: Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic

The long earth Terry Pratchett · 2012 · ★ 3.8 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Terry Pratchett, other than lending his name to this book, wasn't a part of it. No humor and dark reading. Mr. Baxter should have published it under his own name, he can write, just not to my liking. gmb 3/15/20 Shares: Space and time, Time Travel

Night of the Ninjas Mary Pope Osborne · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja. Shares: Tree houses, Time Travel, Magic, Adventure

A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony · 1977 · ★ 4.2 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs, dragons and basiliks.But poor Bink alone had no magic. And unless he got some - and fast - he would be exiled. The Good Magician Humfrey was convined that Bink did indeed have magic, magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or Good Magician Humfrey… Shares: Magic, Fantasy

A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle · 1962 · ★ 4.0 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A Wrinkle in Time is a science fiction fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. It is about Meg And Charles Walence. Their father, who was working on a interesting project called a tesseract, goes missing! Then they meet a boy and some strange women. This story won a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award For this amazing story! It… Shares: Space and time, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Adventure

Afternoon on the Amazon Mary Pope Osborne · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 69p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars. Shares: Tree houses, Time Travel, Magic, Adventure

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox Eoin Colfer · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The latest book by Eoin Colfer,where-in Artemis Fowl goes back in time to do battle against himself. Shares: Space and time, Time Travel, Magic, Adventure

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 4.2 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares: Historical Fiction, History

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald · 1876 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day. Through the lozenge-panes of the wide oriel window the world appeared in the slowly gathering dusk not a little dismal. The drops that clung trickling to the dim glass added rain and gloom to the landscape beyond, whither the eye passed, as if vaguely seeking that help in the distance, which the dripping hollyhocks and sodden sunflowers… Shares: Historical Fiction, History

Dark Day in the Deep Sea Mary Pope Osborne · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness--secrets they need if they're going to save Merlin. But when the magic tree house leads them to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean, they're not sure who needs help more--Merlin or themselves! The brother and sister team are soon rescued by a ship of explorers and scientists. But the crew isn't looking for the secrets… Shares: Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Historical Fiction, Magic

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