The Peculiar Incident On Shady Street
"When lights start flickering and temperatures suddenly drop, twelve-year-old Tessa Woodward, sensing her new house may be haunted, recruits some new friends to help her unravel the mystery of who or what is trying to communicate with her and why"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, juvenile fiction / horror & ghost stories, mystery and detective stories [X], friendship [X], ghosts, haunted houses, detective and mystery fiction, ghost stories [X], chicago (ill.)
Elizabeth Webster And The Court Of Uncommon Pleas
When popular Henry Harrison asks twelve-year-old Elizabeth to help dispel a ghost that speaks her name, she calls on her estranged father and learns he is an attorney for the damned.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ghost stories, fathers and daughters, friendship [X], hell, ghosts, mystery and detective stories [X], ghost stories [X], detective and mystery fiction
Scritch Scratch
"Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, twelve-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: ghosts, families, friendship [X], shipwrecks, family life, mystery and detective stories [X], eastland (ship), chicago (ill.), ghost stories [X], detective and mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories
Best Nerds Forever
"Rendered a ghost by a bicycle accident, young Finn McAllister teams up with fellow spirit Isabella Rojas to commit invisible pranks on the living, before discovering that they cannot move on to the afterlife"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: death, spirits, friendship [X], detective and mystery stories, ghosts, mystery and detective stories [X], ghost stories [X], detective and mystery fiction
What Lives In The Woods
Ginny is unhappy when her family moves from Chicago to upstate Michigan for the summer; her father has a job restoring a 1930s mansion, but there are rumors about Woodmoor and the forest next to it: rumors about strange mutant creatures; Ginny, an aspiring mystery writer, is soon half convinced that the rumors are true, because something or someone is haunting the house--and she plans to investigate, with the help of Will, the older boy who lives nearby.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: haunted houses, siblings, friendship [X], mystery fiction, ghost stories [X], thrillers (fiction), detective and mystery fiction, brothers and sisters, detective and mystery stories, ghosts, mystery and detective stories [X], ghost stories
Everybunny Loves Magic
Ever since he was cursed by an old carnival game, Rex Dexter has had the ability to communicate with ghostly animals, and this time he is confronted by a roomful of magicians' rabbits who are suddenly dead and want to know why; the Astounding Isabel tells him that the problem was her malfunctioning magic hat, but she cannot understand why it keeps happening--and soon Rex and his friend Darvish are neck deep in dead bunnies, and a mystery that just keeps getting more confusing with every passing day.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: rabbits, magicians, magic tricks, friendship [X], humorous stories, detective and mystery stories, ghosts, mystery and detective stories [X], ghost stories [X], humorous fiction, detective and mystery fiction
The Ghostly Photos
While investigating a series of old, spooky photos of a seemingly transparent boy for their friend Ree, who lives above a funeral home, best friends Colin and Neveah follow the clues to solve this mystery from the Great Depression.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship [X], junk trade, photographs, family secrets, depressions, detective and mystery stories, ghosts, mystery and detective stories [X], detective and mystery fiction, ghost stories [X]
The Other Ones
"Salem Amani is a world-weary sixteen-year-old living with his mother and older sister in a haunted house.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: crime, detectives, ghosts, schools, romance stories, mystery and detective stories [X], young gay men, popularity, haunted houses, high schools, school stories, friendship [X], mystery fiction, future life, lgbtqia+ people, romance fiction, ghost stories [X], school fiction, detective and mystery fiction, gay fiction