# 8th grade books about ghosts

**8** books commonly assigned to 8th grade students in US schools that explore ghosts. Every title's grade range covers 8th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 8th grade  ·  **Theme:** ghosts
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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

## 8th grade ghosts reading list

- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8 · pub 2009)_
- [Night Terrors](https://readinglist.school/book/night-terrors) by Murphy, Jim _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1993)_
- [Something Upstairs](https://readinglist.school/book/something-upstairs) by Avi _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1988)_
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1998)_
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8 · pub 2014)_
- [The Ghost's Grave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghosts-grave) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2006)_
- [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9 · pub 1998)_
- [There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-dead-person-following-my-sister-around) by Vivian Vande Velde _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1999)_

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