18 books like The Hostile Hospital
Purple Heart
When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. A little boy who'd been Matt's friend. And Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the…
Shares: Hospitals, Medical fiction, Children's fiction
The Slippery Slope
Dear Reader,
Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up--and down--a range of strange and distressing mountains.
In order to spare you any further repulsion, it would be…
Shares: Humour, Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Humorous stories
Harry and the Robots
When Sammy's grandmother goes into the hospital with a bad cough, he makes some special robots to look after her.
Shares: Hospitals, Medical fiction, Children's fiction
Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet)
Collects together the four books that make up the Mortal Engines Quartet. Namely:
1. Mortal Engines
2. Predator's Gold
3. Infernal Devices
4. A Darkling Plain
Shares: Steampunk, Children's fiction
The Zombie Project
While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Alden siblings investigate tales of a zombie haunting a lake in the woods.
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The Vampire Mystery
When the Aldens agree to watch the house of a local author who has written a book about a vampire, they end up investigating activities that are suspiciously similar to those in his book.
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The Boxcar Children spooktacular special
"A ghost mystery in their very own boxcar, a zombie, and a pumpkin-headed creature provide plenty of spooky fun for the Aldens in these three adventures! Includes three Boxcar Children Mysteries: #100 The Mystery of the Haunted Boxcar, #124 The Pumpkin Head Mystery, and #128 The Zombie Project" -- from publisher's web site.
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The Ghost Town Mystery
While visiting a recent purchase of Grandfather's, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains, the Aldens encounter a mystery involving a run-down motel and a woman who may be a ghost.
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The Ghost of the Chattering Bones
While vacationing at a friend's country home, the four Alden siblings try to find a long-missing, priceless brooch and investigate the existence of a ghostly stream.
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The trouble with sisters and robots
After frantically trying to stop his out of control robot from turning everything it touches into metal, Kyle finally listens to his little sister's advice.
Shares: Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction
The Shepherd's Crown
The final Discworld novel.
Shares: Humour, Humorous stories, Children's fiction
Mystery Ranch
Violet and Jessie begin an adventure when they journey to Centerville to keep Aunt Jane company on the family ranch.
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The Ghost in the First Row
The Aldens are visiting Aunt Jane in Elmford where they will see a mystery play at the Trap-Door Theater. Each day at rehearsal something strange happens to the front-row seat once occupied by the theater's benefactor. Is the benefactor's ghost about?
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The Return of the Graveyard Ghost
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: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
Castle in the Air
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.
Shares: Humour, Children's fiction
The Magic Pretzel (Werewolf Club Ready for Chapters)
Fourth-grader Norman Gnormal, who behaves a lot like a dog, finds his first real friends when the principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club at school.
Shares: Humorous stories, Children's fiction
The Mystery of the Singing Ghost
While helping fix up the old house their cousins have bought, the Aldens hear stories about its being haunted and find evidence suggesting that there may be a ghost there.
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction
The Mystery of the Runaway Ghost
When the Aldens visit their friend Fran in Wisconsin, they can't wait to hear her tell the story of the runaway ghost. Fran's family ghost hasn't been spotted in years, but the Aldens still shiver at the spooky tale of the ghost's bell clanging after dark. Then Violet hears a mysterious ringing in the middle of the night and the children start to wonder--could the runaway ghost be back?
Shares: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Mystery, Children's fiction