{"id":7119,"date":"2018-10-18T14:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T03:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T02:40:05","slug":"10-spooky-or-scary-middle-grade-books-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2018\/10\/10-spooky-or-scary-middle-grade-books-for-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"10 spooky (or scary) middle-grade books for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you love it or loathe it<\/a>, Halloween is more and more of a thing in Australia. <\/em><\/p>\n

With that in mind, fabulous Australian writer (and lover of all things spooky) Allison Rushby<\/a>, author of two fabulous ‘spooky, not scary’ books for middle-grade readers, had come up with a list of books to suit.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Boo! <\/em>How do you take your scares? <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ten scary\/spooky Middle Grade reads for Halloween.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

How scary is scary? Well, it’s hard to say. Some readers are more than happy to romp through a literary graveyard before bedtime and go straight to sleep, while others will need to keep the lights on for weeks after reading about things that go bump in the night.<\/p>\n

I’ve now released two books with supernatural elements \u2013 The Turnkey<\/em><\/a> and The Mulberry Tree<\/em><\/a>. With ghosts and graveyards galore and evil trees that steal away little girls on the eve of their eleventh birthday, both books certainly have their fair share of creep.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, however, the top comment I receive from teacher librarians is that they love that my books are “spooky, not scary” and that they’re happy to hand them over to Middle Grade readers looking for a safe bedtime thrill.<\/p>\n

While it’s good to know I’m not sending small children to bed scared witless, there are also those other <\/em>readers. The ones who love nothing more than to scare themselves wide-eyed silly. The more ghoulish and gruesome the tale, the better these readers will like it.<\/p>\n

So, with Halloween on the horizon, I thought it might be a great time to offer both sorts of readers five book suggestions each.<\/p>\n

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Five sweet and spooky reads<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1. The Endsiste<\/em>r<\/em> by Penni Russon<\/strong><\/a>
\nA ghostly tale of an old house with resident ghosts, but one wrapped up in a warm and loving family that kids will feel safe in.<\/p>\n

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2. A Ghost in my Suitcas<\/em>e<\/em>\u00a0by Gabrielle Wang<\/a><\/strong>
\nCeleste takes a trip to China to visit her grandmother, Por Por, and finds out she comes from a family of ghosthunters. Lots of exciting action distracts from the scary (but not too scary!) ghosts.<\/p>\n

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3. Serafina and the Black Cloak<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0by Robert Beatty<\/strong><\/a>
\nSerafina is a girl with a secret that not even she knows. With a super-interesting mansion to investigate and new friends to make, this is a story that has just the right amount of thrills.<\/p>\n

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4. Magrit<\/em> by Lee Battersby (art by Amy Daoud)<\/strong><\/a>
\nLiving in an abandoned cemetery, lonely Magrit has only Master Puppet (fashioned from rubbish) for a friend. Magrit<\/em> is definitely creepy, but also full of light, heart and hope.<\/p>\n

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5. Ghosts Of Greenglass House <\/em>by\u00a0Kate Milford<\/strong><\/a>
\nA chilly winter mystery set in a haunted smuggler’s inn.<\/p>\n

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Five nail-bitingly scary reads<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1. T<\/em>he Nest by\u00a0<\/em>Kenneth Oppel<\/strong><\/a>
\nSteve has problems. His house has a wasp nest and his newborn brother is sick and his parents are worried. Then the wasp queen invades his dreams and offers him a deal \u2026 This is an intense and terrifying read that is only for the bravest of readers of any age!<\/p>\n

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2. Coraline<\/em>\u00a0by Neil Gaiman<\/strong><\/a>
\nThree words: buttons for eyes.<\/p>\n

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3. The Screaming Staircase<\/em>\u00a0by Jonathan Stroud (Lockwood & Co #1)<\/a><\/strong>
\nGreat Britain is in the grips of something they call “the Problem” (a ghost epidemic). Lucy joins a ghost hunting agency and we’re off on a whole series of ghostly adventures.<\/p>\n

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4. T<\/em>he Night Gardener by<\/em> Jonathon Auxier<\/strong><\/a>
\nA dark and disturbing tale of good and evil, expect to wake and see the Night Gardener’s muddy footsteps on your floors!<\/p>\n

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5. The Aviary<\/em>\u00a0by Kathleen O’Dell<\/strong><\/a>
\nClara is trapped by her heart condition in a mansion complete with an aviary full of scary, squawking birds. When old secrets are revealed, Clara starts to realise the birds are trying to tell her something.<\/p>\n

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\"10<\/a>Allison Rushby<\/a> is the author of more than 30 books, including four YA novels and eight Middle Grade novels. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Her latest novel, The Mulberry Tree<\/em><\/a>, falls firmly into the spooky, not scary, category. <\/strong><\/p>\n

You can find her on Facebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"a<\/a>Are you new here? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to my blog! You can find out more about me here<\/a>, and more about my books here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Allison Rushby and I are both members of the team behind Your Kid’s Next Read. Find out more about YKNR here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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