# Books about ghosts assigned in US schools

**18** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _ghosts_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/ghosts
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore ghosts

- [Betty Ren Wright](https://readinglist.school/author/betty-ren-wright) (3 books)
- [Mary Downing Hahn](https://readinglist.school/author/mary-downing-hahn) (2 books)
- [Peg Kehret](https://readinglist.school/author/peg-kehret) (2 books)
- [Avi](https://readinglist.school/author/avi)
- [Cynthia C. DeFelice](https://readinglist.school/author/cynthia-c-defelice)
- [Elaine Marie Alphin](https://readinglist.school/author/elaine-marie-alphin)
- [Joan Lowery Nixon](https://readinglist.school/author/joan-lowery-nixon)
- [Sid Fleischman](https://readinglist.school/author/sid-fleischman)

## ghosts canon

- [A Haunting in Williamsburg](https://readinglist.school/book/a-haunting-in-williamsburg) by Lou Kassem _(Grades 3–5)_
- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Christina's Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/christinas-ghost) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_
- [City of Ghosts](https://readinglist.school/book/city-of-ghosts) by Victoria Schwab _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Ghost Cadet](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-cadet) by Elaine Marie Alphin _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Ghost in the House](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-in-the-house) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Horror at the Haunted House](https://readinglist.school/book/horror-at-the-haunted-house) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Night Terrors](https://readinglist.school/book/night-terrors) by Murphy, Jim _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Something Upstairs](https://readinglist.school/book/something-upstairs) by Avi _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Cursed Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cursed-moon) by Angela Cervantes _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Dollhouse Murders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dollhouse-murders) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Ghost on Saturday Night](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-on-saturday-night) by Sid Fleischman _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Ghost's Grave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghosts-grave) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9)_
- [There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-dead-person-following-my-sister-around) by Vivian Vande Velde _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Wait Till Helen Comes](https://readinglist.school/book/wait-till-helen-comes) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–7)_

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