# Books like Something Upstairs

**10** books similar to *Something Upstairs* by Avi (Mystery · grades 6–8), 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:** ghost stories, ghosts, slavery, time travel
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## Similar books

- [The Dollhouse Murders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dollhouse-murders) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Christina's Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/christinas-ghost) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Good Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/the-good-dog) by Avi _(Grades 3–6)_ — Is by Avi, the same author, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Fighting Ground](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fighting-ground) by Avi _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Avi, the same author, overlapping grades (4–8), and the same era (1980s).
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of ghost stories and ghosts and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Ghost on Saturday Night](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-on-saturday-night) by Sid Fleischman _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of ghost stories and ghosts and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Ghost's Grave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghosts-grave) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of ghost stories and ghosts and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [The Other Side of Dark](https://readinglist.school/book/the-other-side-of-dark) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Stalker](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stalker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the California Young Reader Medal list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).

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