18 books like Johnny and the Dead

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The Ghost Belonged to Me Richard Peck · 1975 · ★ 5.0 · 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
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Christina's Ghost Betty Ren Wright · 1985 · ★ 3.5 · 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
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The ghost wore gray Bruce Coville · 1988 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction with this book.
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Bumps in the night Harry Allard · 1979 · ★ 3.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When he discovers his house is haunted, Dudley Stork enlists the help of his friends to find out what is causing the spooky noises. Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Humorous stories
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Byways of ghost-land Elliott O'Donnell · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts with this book.
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Remember me 3 Christopher Pike · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 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… Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction
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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
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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,… Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction
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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
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Goosebumps Series 2000 - Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls Robert Lawrence Stine · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls is the eleventh book in the Goosebumps Series 2000 book series. It was first published in 1998 and received a Classic Goosebumps reprint in 2015, as a tie-in to the film Goosebumps. Shares Cemeteries, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction
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The Return of the Graveyard Ghost Gertrude Chandler Warner · 2013 · ★ 3.0 · 103p · ≈ 3h · Light Taking a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery, the Aldens stumble across a local superstition which maintains that visitors are required to leave gifts or suffer the wrath of a malevolent ghost, a suspicious tradition that prompts the children to expose the truth. Shares Cemeteries, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction
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Only You Can Save Mankind Terry Pratchett · 1992 · ★ 3.7 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Twelve-year-old Johnny endures tensions between his parents, watches television coverage of the Gulf War, and plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, in which he is increasingly drawn into the reality of the alien ScreeWee. Shares English Young adult fiction, Extraterrestrial beings, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
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Galápagos Kurt Vonnegut · 1820 · ★ 3.9 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands. Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Humorous stories
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Amber Cat (First Book) Hilary McKay · 1995 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Moderate While recovering from chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl who mysteriously appeared on the nearby beach. Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, England, Children's fiction
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The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed Bruce Coville · 1991 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Nina Tanleven, six grader, and her best friend, Chris discover the tower room with its big brass bed and grieving little girl ghost. Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction
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Ghost Stories Robert Westall · 1988 · 253p · ≈ 8h · Moderate An illustrated collection of scary stories. Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction
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The Time of the Ghost Diana Wynne Jones · 1981 · ★ 3.7 · 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, Children's fiction
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Devil's Race Avi · 1984 · ★ 3.5 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Sixteen-year-old John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancestor, with his own name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon. Shares Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

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