# Books like Scared Stiff

**10** books similar to *Scared Stiff* by Willo Davis Roberts (Mystery · grades 3–6), 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:** mystery and detective stories, amusement parks, brothers, kidnapping
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## Similar books

- [Twisted Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/twisted-summer) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Willo Davis Roberts, the same author, shares themes of mystery and detective stories, and same genre (Mystery).
- [The Third Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-third-eye) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories and kidnapping, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job](https://readinglist.school/book/baby-sitting-is-a-dangerous-job) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Willo Davis Roberts, the same author, shares themes of kidnapping, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Mystery at the Club Sandwich](https://readinglist.school/book/mystery-at-the-club-sandwich) by Doug Cushman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [The Other Side of Dark](https://readinglist.school/book/the-other-side-of-dark) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [The Stalker](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stalker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [A Haunting in Williamsburg](https://readinglist.school/book/a-haunting-in-williamsburg) by Lou Kassem _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Dead Man in Indian Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-man-in-indian-creek) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps](https://readinglist.school/book/ghosts-dont-get-goose-bumps) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Something Big Has Been Here](https://readinglist.school/book/something-big-has-been-here) by Jack Prelutsky _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–5).

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