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Here are our favorite horror books for middle grade readers. These titles are classified as Teen Middle School (TM) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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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.
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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...
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Deepwater Creek
by Michael Regina
Two brothers, Wade and Andrew, and their friends set out to uncover what terrors may be lurking in their nearby creek.
Please note, this title can be found in the Teen Graphic Novel section of the library.
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I.R.L.
by Jenny Goebel
When sixth grader Lucy moves to rural Alaska where school is remote from October to April because of ice, she meets her classmates online and later discovers the school's address is actually an abandoned building and cemetery with familiar names.
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Finders Keepers
by Jeff Strand
Twelve-year-old Maggie and friends sign up for a scavenger hunt that quickly turns terrifying when the increasingly creepy challenges lead them to a spooky cemetery where quitting becomes impossible.
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Wretched Waterpark
by Kiersten White
While staying with their Aunt Saffronia, the Sinister-Winterbottom siblings visit the Fathoms of Fun waterpark where they find themselves submerged in a mystery.
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Thirteens
by Kate Alice Marshall
Observing strange phenomena after moving to the quiet and prosperous community of Eden Eld, Eleanor is warned by new friends to pretend she cannot see the supernatural disturbances, which are believed to be the reason that three teens go missing every 13 years.
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Bumps in the Night
by Amalie Howard
Sent to her grandmother's estate in Trinidad, Rika meets a group of kids with elemental powers called Minders, who reveal that her long-lost mom is in danger, sending Rika on a magical adventure where she must learn to believe in herself to destroy evil.
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Dread Detention
by Jennifer Killick
While in Saturday detention, Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira must work together to survive when unspeakable horrors emerge from the shadows and the evil grows stronger by the minute.
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The Circus of Stolen Dreams
by Lorelei Savaryn
Discovering a magical dream world in the woods near her home, a girl mourning the disappearance of her brother agrees to give up a memory in exchange for entry.
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What Stays Buried
by Suzanne Young
With only a few weeks before she loses her ability to see or speak with spirits, 12-year-old Calista Wynn must stop an angry spirit called the Tall Lady before she loses her powers and everyone she has left.
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Nightmare Island
by Shakirah Bourne
Twelve-year-old Serenity has a recurring nightmare, but things get real when her parents take her brother, Peace, to Duppy Island for "treatment" and Serenity is confronted by the creepy Dr. Whisper and the faceless douen children who are trapped between the living and the dead.
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The Keeper
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Moving to a “perfect” new town, James and his sister begin receiving threatening letters from someone called the Keeper and must find out who is behind all this in order to stay alive.
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It Found Us
by Lindsay Currie
When her brother's best friend Everett vanishes during a game of hide-and-seek in the cemetery, 12-year-old Hazel Woods must unravel the terrifying clues that started appearing since that night to save Everett before he's gone forever.
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The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things
by Robert Renzetti
Eleven-year-old Zenith journeys into a bizarre, macabre world within a mysterious bag where he struggles to save his older sister from a living hairball and survive a trio of bloodthirsty mouths, a sentient sawdust-stuffed giant, and other horrors.
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The Stars Did Wander Darkling
by Colin Meloy
When the cliff beneath the old, some say cursed, Langdon place is opened up, horror movie fanatic Archie Coomes and friends must save the town from the deadly grip of an ancient, long-buried evil.
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The Ghost of Spruce Point
by Nancy Tandon
To save his family's beloved Maine motel, 12-year-old Parker and his best friend Frankie must break a curse amid spooky things that are happening, leading them to seek help from a year-rounder with supernatural abilities.
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Gravebooks
by J. A. White
In this thrilling sequel to Nightbooks, Alex is forced to complete a scary story each night when the witch who held him captive enters his dreams in a new way, plunging him into a nightmare literally.
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1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb War
by Lisi Harrison
As the 100th anniversary of the electrocution of the town's most infamous killer approaches, five friends meet a surprise storyteller at the cemetery, inspiring the first-ever-meeting of the Graveyard Girls, during which they hear a terrifying tale that they'll never forget.
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Unmasked
by Lorien Lawrence
When fourteen-year-old Marion's latest mask creation, Winston, comes to life and possesses her crush, Tyler, turning him into a red-flannel and Converse high-top wearing creature from Connecticut, she must find a way stop the monster or risk it staying forever.
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