# Books like Peppermints in the Parlor

**10** books similar to *Peppermints in the Parlor* by Barbara Brooks Wallace (Horror · grades 4–8), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** old age in fiction, old age, orphans in fiction, horror stories
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## Similar books

- [Horror at the Haunted House](https://readinglist.school/book/horror-at-the-haunted-house) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of horror stories, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Cursed Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cursed-moon) by Angela Cervantes _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Curse of the Blue Figurine](https://readinglist.school/book/the-curse-of-the-blue-figurine) by John Bellairs _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of horror stories and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8)_ — Same genre (Horror) and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Cracker Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-jackson) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [Daphne's Book](https://readinglist.school/book/daphnes-book) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the William Allen White Children's Book Award list, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [Earthquake Terror](https://readinglist.school/book/earthquake-terror) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–5)_ — Same genre (Horror) and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Fuzzy Mud](https://readinglist.school/book/fuzzy-mud) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 3–5)_ — Same genre (Horror) and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Ghost Cadet](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-cadet) by Elaine Marie Alphin _(Grades 3–5)_ — Same genre (Horror) and overlapping grades (3–5).

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