18 books like Leo

What to read after Leo — 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 ghost on Saturday night Sid Fleischman · 1974 · ★ 5.0 · 57p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When Professor Pepper gives Opie tickets to a ghost-raising instead of a nickel in payment for being guided through the dense fog, Opie manages to make money anyway by helping to thwart a bank robbery. Shares: Ghosts--fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

Stonewords Pam Conrad · 1990 · ★ 5.0 · 137p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Zoe discovers that her house is occupied by the ghost of an eleven-year-old girl, who carries her back to the day of her death in 1870 to try to alter that tragic event. Shares: Ghosts--fiction, 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 My Light On! Tony Ross · 2007 · ★ 3.4 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate The Little Princess begs to have her light left on at night, not because she is afraid of the dark but because of the ghosts that appear in the darkness. Shares: Histoires de fantômes, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

Il risveglio del Brividosauro Elisabetta Dami · 1837 · ★ 5.0 · 119p · ≈ 3h · Challenging When a haunted dinosaur wreaks havoc across Mysterious Valley, Creepella tries to tackle the beast and brings Geronimo along for help. Shares: Ghosts--fiction, 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

My Best Friend is Invisible Robert Lawrence Stine · 1997 · ★ 3.6 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Sammy Jacobs is into ghosts and science fiction. Not exactly the smartest hobby--at least not if you ask Sammy's parents. They're research scientists and they only believe in real science. But now Sammy's met someone who's totally unreal. He's hanging out in Sammy's room. And eating his cereal at breakfast. Sammy's got to find a way to get rid of his new "friend." Only problem is...Sammy's new… Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Friendship, Children's fiction

No Laughter Here Rita Williams-Garcia · 2004 · ★ 4.1 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Why does proud Victoria, named for a queen, slouch at her desk and answer the teacher's questions in a whisper? And why won't she laugh with Akilah anymore? Shares: Friendship -- Fiction, Friendship, 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 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: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Friendship, Children's fiction

Boy + Bot Dyckman, Ame · 2012 · ★ 4.1 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Moderate From bestselling author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Scott Magoon comes the laugh-out-loud story about a Misunderstood Shark who just wants to show the world who he really is...Every beachgoer knows that there's nothing more terrifying than a... SHARRRK! But this shark is just misunderstood, or is he? In a wholly original, sidesplittingly funny story, New York Times bestselling author Ame Dyckman… Shares: Amitié, Friendship, Children's fiction

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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