LibraryAware October 2025

Spooky Stories

It's watching
by Lindsay Currie

Josie and her best friends, Jackson and Alison, sneak into a haunted cemetery on Halloween night hoping to prove the existence of a famous ghost and instead get sinister memes on their phones and must discover who is terrorizing them. (Ages 8-12)

The Weirdies
by Michael Buckley

After being left behind when everyone from Deadeye Manor goes on a doomed vacation, the Weirdie triplets--Barnacle, Garlic, and Melancholy--learn to fend for themselves as they navigate life at their new adoptive home on Sunshine Circle. (Ages 8-12)

Another
by Paul Tremblay

When Casey Wilson's parents tell him that his friend is coming for a sleepover, he has no idea who that might be. Ever since the Zoom Incident, everyone treats him like a pariah, and his tics are worse than ever. When Morel appears, he's not like any friend Casey has ever met. His skin is like clay, and he doesn't speak. But Casey's parents are charmed by the strange kid, and it's nice to have someone to talk to besides his sister, Ally, who is away at college. As his normally loving parents grow distant from Casey, they gush and fawn over Morel. Casey knows something is wrong--but with no end in sight to the sleepover, he's exhausted. And in the dark, out of the corner of his eye, Morel doesn't look like a kid at all. . . . (Ages 8-12)

Not Quite a Ghost
by Anne Ursu

Violet is dealing with lots of changes: moving into a big old house, starting middle school, and coming down with a mysterious new illness. Not to mention the creepy shadows she sees in the pattern of her bedroom’s wallpaper... (Ages 8-12.)

Grin
by D. W. Gillespie

Twelve-year-old Danny's dream week at his Uncle Bill's retro arcade becomes life threatening when a sinister video game harboring the soul of a serial killer possesses Bill. (Ages 8-12)

The unlikely aventuras of Ramâon and el cucuy : an illustrated chapter book
by Donna Barba Higuera

A young cucuy, assigned to scare a boy named Ramâon, struggles to frighten him when Ramâon is too preoccupied with worrying about starting a new school, leading to an unexpected friendship between them. (Ages 7-10)

The girl in the locked room : a ghost story
by Mary Downing Hahn

Jules, whose father is restoring an abandoned house, and a young girl, who lived there a century before, begin to communicate and slowly, the girl's tragic story is revealed, in a story told in the voices of Jules and the ghost. (Ages 10-12)

Night of the living head
by Hanna Alkaf

Plagued by ill fortune, especially when her estranged sister comes home, 12-year-old Alia decides to discover the truth when rumors start circulating about a horrifying creature spotted flying in the night sky. (Ages 8-12)

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