# Books like There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around

**10** books similar to *There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around* by Vivian Vande Velde (Horror · 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:** ghosts, brothers and sisters, slavery, underground railroad
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## Similar books

- [Night Terrors](https://readinglist.school/book/night-terrors) by Murphy, Jim _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, and same genre (Horror).
- [Ghost in the House](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-in-the-house) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Heir Apparent](https://readinglist.school/book/heir-apparent) by Vivian Vande Velde _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Vivian Vande Velde, the same author, both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Horror at the Haunted House](https://readinglist.school/book/horror-at-the-haunted-house) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Something Upstairs](https://readinglist.school/book/something-upstairs) by Avi _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts and slavery and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Cursed Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cursed-moon) by Angela Cervantes _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Ghost on Saturday Night](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-on-saturday-night) by Sid Fleischman _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (4–6).

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