18 books like I Want My Light On!

What to read after I Want My Light On! — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Franklin's Halloween (Franklin) Paulette Bourgeois · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Franklin Goes to School dresses up as Frankenstein and goes to a Halloween party, where he participates in games, sees a parade of costumes, and goes into a haunted house. Shares: Histoires de fantômes, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The teeny tiny ghost Kay Winters · 1997 · ★ 3.8 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A teeny tiny ghost who is having trouble learning how to be scary is inspired by a Halloween visit from his ghost friends. Shares: Fear, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

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

The boy and the ghost Robert D. San Souci · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 33p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Here's a story in the best American folk tradition. It combines a ghost, a hidden treasure, and an appealing young character who sets out to make his fortune, and does so by courage, kindness and the sort of innocence that invariably succeeds in folk literature. Thomas is the youngest of seven children. His parents work from sunup to sundown on their little back-country farm, but earn barely… Shares: Histoires de fantômes, 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

I Want to Eat Your Books Karin Lefranc · 2015 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate He’s limping strangely down the hall with outstretched arms and a groaning drawl. A zombie! Could it really be? You race to class, but turn to see he’s sitting in the desk right next to you!But odds are you’ll probably be okay, because this is no ordinary zombie. This zombie doesn’t want to eat your brains—he wants to eat your books! Hide your textbooks and your fairy tales, because the little… Shares: Picture books for children, Children's fiction

Sleepy Time, Olie William Joyce · 2001 · ★ 3.5 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When Pappy bumps his head before bedtime, Olie cheers him up by inventing a super silly ray, and then they both become happy, sleepy robots. Shares: Bedtime, Children's fiction

Good Night, Good Knight Shelley Moore Thomas · 2000 · ★ 4.4 · 47p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep. Shares: Bedtime, Children's fiction

Leo Mac Barnett · 2015 · ★ 3.5 · 50p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Leo is a friendly house ghost--but when a family moves into his house, and tries to get rid of him, he leaves and roams the city looking for a friend. Shares: Histoires de fantômes, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

Camp Princess 1 Kathryn Lasky · 2006 · ★ 3.1 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Camp Princess is just like any other summer camp. Okay, so it's not exactly summer, since the magical kingdom of Palacyndra has seasons that change at the drop of a tiara. And it's not exactly camp, since the princesses stay in fully furnished turrets, complete with chambermaids. But it is a chance to get away from home and enjoy activities such as arts and crafts (with diamonds, of course) and… Shares: Princesses, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

Goth Girl and the Ghost Mouse Chris Riddell · 2014 · ★ 3.0 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and, if she's honest, she's rather lonely.Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and… Shares: Histoires de fantômes, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, 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

A gold star for Zog Julia Donaldson · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Each year, as Zog practices new skills learned at Madam Dragon's school, a little girl helps him out until one day he finds a way to help make her dream come true for herself, a new friend, and Zog. Shares: Pictorial works, Princesses, Children's fiction

Little Dragon Riske Lemmens · 2000 · 20p · ≈ 40m · Moderate Little Dragon are a Swedish electronic music band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1996. The band consists of Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). Shares: Pictorial works, Children's fiction

Iggy Peck, Architect Andrea Beaty · 2007 · ★ 4.4 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun. Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they’re sometimes surprised by his materials—who could forget the tower he built of dirty… Shares: Picture books for children, Pictorial works, Children's fiction

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