A Grave Scene

"Tombstones seemed to glow in the moonlight, as though they were having trouble holding back their ghosts." —DEATH AND DOUGLAS by J. W. Ocker

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Discover more Middle Grade books about ghosts during the month of October! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.

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Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this October? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel October 2022: Ghost Stories features the book KARMA MOON: GHOST HUNTER by Melissa Savage.

When Karma’s dad lands a job with Netflix doing a docu-series, it’s huge. The only problem is, he’s supposed to be chasing down ghosts at a haunted hotel across the country, and Karma’s more than a little skittish. She’s a worrier, and she keeps dreaming up worse case scenarios.

Joined by her best friend and a mysterious local, Karma investigates every strange happening in the historically creepy Stanley Hotel as part of her dad’s Totally Rad film crew over her spring break. Their mission: find a ghost and get it on camera.

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Believe in Ghosts

It wasn’t that I did not believe in ghosts; it was that I believed in them in the same noncommittal way that I believed in giant squids or lucky coins or Belgium.
Jackaby by William Ritter

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Ghosts of Technology

When th ecylinder ended, the professor ceased cranking the handle and stepped away from the phonograph. "That is the closest thing to a ghost I've encountered," he said. "That is the sound of someone reaching out to us from the past. Haunting, is it not?" —A TASTE FOR MONSTERS by Matthew J. Kirby

Read Along!

Discover more Middle Grade books about ghosts during the month of October! Recommend your favorites, snap a photo, or share a quote using the hashtag #MGCarousel.

Check out our #MGCarousel Challenges page for more info.

#amreading in the afterlife

Looking for books that fit our monthly reading challenge this October? Try one of the favorites from our home shelf!

Book spotlight for Middle Grade Carousel October 2022: Ghost Stories features the book A TOUCH OF RUCKUS by Ash Van Otterloo.

Tennessee Lancaster can pry into folks’ memories with a single touch of their treasured belongings. It’s something she’s always kept hidden— until, Tennie’s gift does something new. Instead of just memories, her touch releases a ghost with a terrifying message.

Trouble is the last thing Tennie wants to stir up, but with her new friend, Fox, desperate to go hunting deep in the forest, trouble’s all they seem to find in Howler’s Hollow.

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Bound to Happen

The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

“I’m back here,” bellowed a voice that, unfortunately, belonged to my big brother, Topher, and not one of the dearly departed. I’d never actually seen a ghost in our kitchen; I’d only heard it banging around. But due to my home’s location, I figure I’m bound to run into a ghost eventually.
The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

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#MGCarousel – October 2022

Our month-long themed challenges are designed for readers of Middle Grade fiction. Play along by finding books which match the prompt.

Our challenge this October is…

Ghost Stories

The books we’re dying to read this Spooky Season are positively ghastly! From wicked shades to spooky spirits, perilous poltergeists and friendly phantoms, this month we’re prepared to encounter creatures from the afterlife.