Spooky Halloween Books for Middle School Students

You can never have enough scary books on your shelf especially the closer you get to Halloween. Varying in scare factor, these titles will keep all horror fans busy until spooky season arrives.

Small Spaces (Small Spaces #1) by Katherine Arden

This is a fantastic introduction to the Horror genre for middle grade readers. The plot is full of twists and turns and things that go bump in the night. Small Spaces is a creepy read with heart for tweens ready to be terrified. Once you get hooked on this book, there are three more in the series that are all equally scary.

Only If You Dare: 13 Stories of Darkness and Doom by Josh Allen

A great collection of scary stories

Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe by Josh Allen

A collection of thirteen short stories that read like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe and will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. This book is full of scary stories for every imagination.

Scare Me by K.R. Alexander

Every year, the town of Happy Hills holds its haunted house contest. In a spooky old manor, teams of kids come up with new ways to frighten people and the scariest team wins. However, this year the haunted house has come to life! A great, creepy, fast read that strikes just the right note for middle grade scary books.

Ghost in the Headlights by Lindsey Duga

In this modern-day retelling of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," an angry ghost haunts a small-town road in search of revenge. This has just the right amount of town and family history, serious ghost hauntings, and creepy blood and gore to catch and keep the attention of middle grade readers.

The Girl in White by Lindsay Currie

A fabulously chilling tale that is so much more than a great ghost story. It’s a wonderful spooky story that will have skeptics believing in ghosts, as well as a wonderful story about trust and love and friendship.

What We Saw: A Thriller by Mary Downing Hahn

A chilling murder mystery lies at the heart of this page-turning thriller about a missing teacher, small town secrets, and turbulent tween friendships from master of middle grade horror Mary Downing Hahn.

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