# 5th grade Horror books

**16** horror books commonly assigned to 5th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 5th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 5th grade  ·  **Genre:** Horror
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 5th grade Horror reading list

- [Wait Till Helen Comes](https://readinglist.school/book/wait-till-helen-comes) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–7 · pub 1986)_
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1998)_
- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8 · pub 2009)_
- [The Cursed Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cursed-moon) by Angela Cervantes _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2023)_
- [The Ghost on Saturday Night](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-on-saturday-night) by Sid Fleischman _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1974)_
- [The Ghost's Grave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghosts-grave) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2006)_
- [It Came from the Trees](https://readinglist.school/book/it-came-from-the-trees) by Ally Russell _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2024)_
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8 · pub 2014)_
- [Earthquake Terror](https://readinglist.school/book/earthquake-terror) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–5 · pub 1996)_
- [Fuzzy Mud](https://readinglist.school/book/fuzzy-mud) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2015)_
- [Ghost Cadet](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-cadet) by Elaine Marie Alphin _(Grades 3–5 · pub 1991)_
- [Ghost in the House](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-in-the-house) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1991)_
- [Horror at the Haunted House](https://readinglist.school/book/horror-at-the-haunted-house) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1992)_
- [Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock](https://readinglist.school/book/once-they-see-you) by Josh Allen _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2024)_
- [Peppermints in the Parlor](https://readinglist.school/book/peppermints-in-the-parlor) by Barbara Brooks Wallace _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1980)_
- [Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex](https://readinglist.school/book/tales-from-cabin-23-the-boo-hag-flex) by Justina Ireland _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2024)_

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