Creepy Ghost Kids

What if the scariest stories were the ones kids couldn’t stop asking for? Sleepovers, campfires, and Halloween nights are even better with a just-scary-enough story. Ghost Stories and Horror for Kids Ages 9–12 delivers spooky fun that thrills without going too far. This collection features 20 creepy short stories created especially for kids who love suspense, mystery, and spooky twists—without gore, nightmares, or inappropriate content. Each story pulls readers into haunted bedrooms, shadowy woods, eerie schools, and cursed Halloween nights, all at an age-appropriate scare level. ...

What if bedtime wasn’t just for dreams… but for stories that follow you into them? Inside this book are thirteen eerie, unforgettable tales that blend mystery, suspense, and just the right amount of shivers for curious young listeners. Each story starts in the ordinary — a new video game, a classroom, a neighborhood, a camp cabin, a school bus — and slowly turns strange in the best, most goosebump-raising way.

Welcome to Your Worst Nightmare… These aren’t your Grandma’s ghost stories. These tales are dark, twisted, and so real they’ll crawl under your skin and stay there. Each story is designed to worm its way into your brain like a juicy earthworm, leaving you haunted long after the last word is read. Children and adults alike are drawn to the thrill of fear—and for good reason. Research shows that scary stories can boost confidence, empathy, and even dopamine levels, making them as satisfying as they are spine-chilling. This collection of ghost stories and eerie tales taps into the ...

Welcome to Camp Creepout. You know the place—the fog rolls in heavy, the trees whisper your name, and the canoes? Well, they have teeth. When 11-year-old Josh and his best friend Cooper arrive at Camp Creepout, they expect some hiking, s’mores, and maybe a few bug bites. What they don’t expect is to be stalked by a wooden monster with paddles for arms and a taste for rule-breaking campers. Now it’s up to a crew of goofy, terrified kids, a glowing-eyebrowed counselor, and a lot of marshmallows to stop an ancient canoe uprising before the entire camp is eaten—one bunkmate at a time....

Camp nights or camp frights? Every sleepaway camp promises memories that last a lifetime. But the memories from Camp Red Moon might give you nightmares! The master of the scary story, R.L. Stine, has handpicked a staff of storytelling counselors - Dan Poblocki, Ellen Oh, and Justin Reynolds - to help him tell the creepy campfire stories that swirl around Camp Red Moon.

It's hard to fight the supernatural when you're naturally "un-super." This chilling middle grade is perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark...even if they don't have any special powers. Charlie Greer is nothing special—at least not compared to her adopted...

Step into the mysterious and unknown with Ghostly Tales from Around the World, a chilling collection of ghost stories that crosses borders and cultures. Perfect for brave young readers aged 8 and up, this anthology brings together spine-tingling tales from across the globe—each crafted to send shivers down your spine and spark your imagination. Travel through haunted landscapes and eerie traditions: from the misty moors of Scotland to the shadowy streets of Japan, Ghostly Tales weaves a rich tapestry of spooky folklore. Within its pages, you’ll meet mischievous spirits, ancient ghosts, ...

Many kids claim to have seen ghosts in all sorts of places - cemeteries, bedrooms, attics, schools, roadways, forests, caves. Often, experts were called in to investigate these apparent hauntings, and most of the time these so-called experts walked away baffled. The only thing that everyone could agree on was that something very weird had happened, something that could never be fully explained.

Book 5 in the Creepy Jeepers middle grade horror series It will give you the creeps! Old House The decrepit remains of Windmill Manor have loomed over the town of Dark Burrow since as long as anyone can remember. It's been abandoned, boarded up, and fenced off for decades, but the rumors of a cursed family and sightings of ghosts on the property continue to be whispered around town. When Ava and her friends Zoe, Lucas, and Owen are walking home from school one day, they spot the silhouette of a person in the attic of the old, run-down manor. While the kids joke about going inside and ...

Pick up once. It never lets go. The phone shouldn’t have been there. It wasn’t there yesterday. But today, it sits in the alley behind Edison Middle School—an old payphone with no cord, no dial tone, and no business ringing. But it does ring. And when Leo Delgado answers, he hears a voice that knows things no one should. His secrets. His fears. His future. Now Leo’s caught in something stranger than a ghost story—trapped in a loop of vanishing classmates, cryptic predictions, and a voice that sounds more like him every day. The Booth isn’t just watching anymore. It’s waiting. ...

One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and she has demands. . . . The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and wicked dead. Rebecca...

Welcome to Scarecrow Hollow – The Ultimate Middle Grade Horror Thriller That Will Haunt Your Imagination Dare to enter Scarecrow Hollow? If you’re brave enough, prepare yourself for a chilling middle grade horror story packed with haunted houses, vengeful spirits, and a mystery that refuses to stay buried. Once a peaceful farmhouse nestled near a decaying cornfield, now the epicenter of a terrifying urban legend. The ghost of old man Wilson, murdered by his own children, still walks the creaking halls, dragging victims from their beds and slamming every door shut. Outside, the scarecrow...

Some houses are haunted by the past. This one is the past. For a limited time, get The Under House for just $2.99 — a spooky, heartfelt ghost story for brave readers 9–12. When Lily moves with her family to the crumbling Langford House, she hopes for a fresh start. But the house has secrets—whispers behind the mirrors, a pond that reflects things that aren’t there, and a brother who may not be what he seems. To set things right, Lily must cross into a world that shifts with memory and shadow—a world the house refuses to let go. As the walls between past and present blur, Lily ...

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits comes a spectacularly creepy novel that will keep you up way past bedtime. Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! "Grab a flashlight and a blanket—this lives up to its titular claim."— Kirkus...

SAY HER NAME ONCE. SHE'LL NEVER STOP LISTENING. Rafa Alvarez never should have looked into the mirror. It was just a school bathroom. Just another cracked reflection. But now the girl in the mirror is watching him—and she’s not alone. The whispers started small: names he shouldn’t know, secrets he never told anyone. Then came the sightings. The disappearances. The shadows moving behind the glass. The mirror sees what you hide. And it remembers. Rafa and Sam are the only ones who can stop her. But they’ll have to face what’s waiting on the other side. And what it’s already taken ...

A chilling middle school novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mystery of Locked Rooms, three kids must discover who—or what—is terrorizing them after receiving an ominous meme on Halloween night. "A creepy, freaky, fun-as-anything tale."—Chuck Wendig, New York Times...

IF YOU HEAR THE TAP, IT’S TOO LATE. Zara Reeds never should have answered the tapping. It started as a dare. A joke whispered on the bus. A game you only lost if you looked. But now the taps are coming at her own window—and the thing outside knows her name. Each knock pulls her deeper into a pattern that erases the ones it takes. Forgotten kids. Carved warnings. Hooks hammered into old wood. The stories aren’t just legends—they’re rules. And she’s already breaking them. Because once you see him, he sees you. And he doesn’t let you go. The first tap is a warning. The second is ...

"A deliciously macabre fairy tale, full of snuggles.” —Holly Black, award-winning author of Doll Bones and co-creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles Welcome to The Teddies Saga, a gripping new middle grade trilogy from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel Kraus. Buddy wakes up in the...

From the critically acclaimed author of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel comes a thrilling new middle grade mystery novel inspired by Alcatraz Prison. Tori, Marvin, and Noah would rather be anywhere else than on the seventh grade class field trip to Raven Island prison. Tori would rather be on the...

The third book in the middle-grade series that's part Scooby-Doo, part A Series of Unfortunate Events, and entirely genius! Follow the Sinister-Winterbottoms on their most outrageous adventure yet, when they find themselves at a normal summer camp! After leaving the Sanguine Spa in pursuit of...