18 books like The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed

What to read after The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster · 1961 · ★ 4.2 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It was published in 1961 by Random House (USA). It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once… Shares: Community pick

Anne of Avonlea Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1909 · ★ 4.2 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The second story in the ever-popular Anne of Green Gables series.Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is fiercely determined to inspire young hearts with her own ambitions. But some of her pupils are as boisterous and high-spirited as Anne, and so life in her Avonlea classroom becomes a lesson in discovery and… Shares: Community pick

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: Ghosts in fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Mystery

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, Mystery, 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 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

Nancy Drew ghost stories Carolyn Keene · 1983 · ★ 3.7 · 151p · ≈ 5h · Moderate WHEN NIGHT FALLS AND THE HORRORS RISE -- WILL NANCY STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE? What strange dark secrets can a college professor reveal -- after she has risen from the grave? Do dogs howl at the moon . . .do their eyes glow in the night -- one hundred years after their death? What evil power lurks in the fortune-teller's den -- embodied in the sinister form of a terrifying froglike… Shares: Ghosts in fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Mystery

The seer of shadows Avi · 1772 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Demanding In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn. Shares: Ghosts in fiction, 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: Ghosts in fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The Boyfriend Robert Lawrence Stine · 1990 · ★ 3.9 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A girl gets dumped by her "boyfriend" and gets angry... angry enough to kill him. Now he's back....back from the grave. Shares: Ghosts in fiction, Ghosts, Mystery, 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

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 Nightmare Room - The Howler Robert Lawrence Stine · 2001 · ★ 3.0 · 155p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The seventh book in the Nightmare Room series by bestselling author R.L. Stine. Shares: Ghosts in fiction, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The Midnight Horse Sid Fleischman · 1990 · ★ 5.0 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Touch enlists the help of The Great Chaffalo, a ghostly magician, to thwart his great-uncle's plans to put Touch into the orphan house and swindle The Red Raven Inn away from Miss Sally. Shares: Ghosts in fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

Rotten School #7 - Dudes, the School Is Haunted! Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Joe Sweety is the worst kind of bully -- big, mean, and always ready to use his fists. Chipmunk is the shiest, clumsiest kid at Rotten School. When Chipmunk is paired with Joe on the class trip, things get ugly -- and fast! Chipmunk spills his apple juice on Joe, he barfs on Joe, and he pulls down Joe's pants. All accidents, of course. But does Joe care? No way! He is out to get Chipmunk!Bernie… Shares: Ghosts in fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Children's fiction

The Watch House Robert Westall · 1977 · ★ 3.6 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Moderate While spending the summer with her old nurse on the north English coast, a teen-age girl discovers that her presence in the nearby Watch House, a museum containing relics of shipwrecks and rescues, releases a powerful and evil ghost. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Mystery, Children's fiction

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