# Books like The Girl with the Ghost Machine

**10** books similar to *The Girl with the Ghost Machine* by Lauren DeStefano (Science Fiction · grades 3–8), 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:** grief, fathers and daughters, ghost stories, inventions
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## Similar books

- [Sal and Gabi Break the Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/sal-and-gabi-break-the-universe) by Carlos Hernandez _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of grief, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [The Screaming Staircase](https://readinglist.school/book/the-screaming-staircase) by Jonathan Stroud _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of ghost stories, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Among the Hidden](https://readinglist.school/book/among-the-hidden) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [My Teacher Is an Alien](https://readinglist.school/book/my-teacher-is-an-alien) by Bruce Coville _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Shape-Changer](https://readinglist.school/book/shape-changer) by Bill Brittain _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Ghost's Grave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghosts-grave) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of ghost stories, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Virtually Perfect](https://readinglist.school/book/virtually-perfect) by Dan Gutman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Science Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Long Way Down](https://readinglist.school/book/long-way-down) by Jason Reynolds _(720L · Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of grief and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25](https://readinglist.school/book/michael-vey-the-prisoner-of-cell-25) by Richard Paul Evans _(Grades 6–9)_ — Same genre (Science Fiction), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2010s).
- [Mick Harte Was Here](https://readinglist.school/book/mick-harte-was-here) by Barbara Park _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of grief and overlapping grades (5–8).

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