# Ghost in the House

**Author:** Betty Ren Wright
**Grade range:** Grades 4–6
**Age range:** 9–11
**First published:** 1991
**Page count:** 164
**Genre:** Horror
**ISBN-13:** `9780590436069`
**ISBN-10:** `0590436066`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-in-the-house
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Strange things happen when twelve-year-old Sarah is alone in the house with Great Aunt Margaret, who appears to be the victim of a ghost seeking revenge for a death in the past.

## Themes

- novela juvenil
- great-aunts
- tías-abuelas
- ghosts

## Where this book is assigned

### Young Hoosier Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1996 winner (Intermediate)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1996 winner (Intermediate)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Indiana — [source: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1996 winner (Intermediate)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf)

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