# Books about haunted houses assigned in US schools

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

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

## Authors who explore haunted houses

- [Joan Lowery Nixon](https://readinglist.school/author/joan-lowery-nixon)
- [Peg Kehret](https://readinglist.school/author/peg-kehret)

## haunted houses canon

- [Horror at the Haunted House](https://readinglist.school/book/horror-at-the-haunted-house) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9)_
- [The Screaming Staircase](https://readinglist.school/book/the-screaming-staircase) by Jonathan Stroud _(Grades 3–8)_

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