Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Top 21 Middle Grade Horror Novels!

Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is genre freebie which is perfect because this week is Read Across America week, and I want to highlight horror for kids.

"Read Across America is an annual event celebrated on or near March 2nd, which is the birthday of children's author Dr. Seuss. It is a nationwide reading celebration that was created by the National Education Association (NEA) in 1997 to promote literacy and encourage a love of reading among children."

If you are a teacher or a librarian, there are kids in your current group that love horror. I promise! Please, please, please if you want everyone in your current group to be an independent reader when they move on from you - include fun, spooky content. You will reach a reader if you do. I promise.

Below you will find my recommendations for middle grade horror novels:

Where the Woods End by Charlotte Salter The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf Root Magic by Eden Royce

Where the Woods End by Charlotte Salter

The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

Root Magic by Eden Royce


Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova

Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova


Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall

Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee

Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall


Doll Bones by Holly Black Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn The In-Between by Rebecca Ansari

Doll Bones by Holly Black

Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn

The In-Between by Rebecca Ansari


Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera Long Lost by Jacqueline West Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera

Long Lost by Jacqueline West

Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland


The Stitchers by Lorien Lawrence The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown The Dollhouse by Charis Cotter

The Stitchers by Lorien Lawrence

The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

The Dollhouse by Charis Cotter


The Ghost of Midnight Lake by Lucy Strange The Mulberry Tree by Allison Rushby Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick

The Ghost of Midnight Lake by Lucy Strange

The Mulberry Tree by Allison Rushby

Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick

12 comments:

  1. You are right. Kids love spooky, scary books! This is a fantastic list for teachers and librarians.

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  2. I love this post! I was one of those kids who loved horror. :)

    My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-xenofiction/

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  3. I love this list! I've read a couple of middle grade horror...and they're actually quite spooky! I remember loving Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark when I was younger.

    My TTT: https://www.mollysbooknook.com/top-ten-tuesday-5-books-to-a-better-you/

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  4. I wish there'd been more middle grade horror when I was a kid in the 80's. Reading Stephen King and Robert Bloch at that age might not have been good for me. Hahaha.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

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  5. I've never really been a massive horror reader, but I love your choice this week and how you're highlighting these books for teachers and librarians to give their kids. I think the closest I've come to reading an MG horror is VE Schwab's Cassidy Blake series, but they're really more paranormal fantasy than horror!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/28/top-ten-tuesday-409/

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  6. the scariest MG book I've ever read was The Dollhouse Murders - an oldie but goodie! :) My TTT

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  7. I used to love a MG horror book back in the day! I'm trying to think which ones would have been my favorite. They might have actually been YA when I was reading them as a MG reader.

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  8. Way to overachieve with so many entries. I do not recall reading horror as a kid though some of those fairytales were pretty scary

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  9. I always loved scary type books when I was a kid.

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  10. Mary Downing Hahn is always a good author to read from. All the books on this list look so creepy.

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  11. I love that there are so many MG horror novels out there!

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  12. I haven't read any of these but they all sound like so much fun! Thanks for sharing! :D

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