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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
"Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits. Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomena called haunting; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
Tired of the rules that have bound them ever since "the bad thing happened, " twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, setting in motion events that lead to the release of the spirit of an evil, crazy woman who once ruled the old Willis place.
4) The grownup
Author
Language
English
Description
"A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the 'psychic' visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of...
Author
Series
Ghosthunters volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Timid nine-year-old Tom Tomsky reluctantly agrees to help professional ghostbuster Hetty Camomile dispel an IRG (Incredibly Revolting Ghost) from an old house.
Author
Series
Amulet volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 310L
Language
English
Description
"After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find--her cousin's husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemi knows little about the region. Noemi is also an unlikely rescuer: She's a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited...
Author
Series
Goosebumps volume 37
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
Description
Loving Hill House, an enormous tourist attraction that is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of a thirteen-year-old headless boy, Duane and Stephanie decide to search for the ghost's head and get the biggest scare of their lives.
10) Maybe this time
Author
Language
English
Description
North Archer, Andie Miller's ex-husband, asks her to become the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already--and live in a haunted house! What follows is a hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a self-doubting parapsychologist, an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-in-law, and, of course, her jealous fiancé. And just when Andie thinks things couldn't get more complicated, North shows up...
12) Haunted houses
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines mysterious encounters, haunted houses, and mysterious encounters in haunted houses.
13) Inheritance
Author
Series
Lost bride trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. 1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him... Graphic designer Sonya...
14) Haunted houses
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Scientific research, eyewitness accounts and government reports are used to examine the theory that haunted houses exist.
17) Close to home
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Single mother Sara McAdams' attempt to raise her two teen daughters in her childhood home turns terrifying when the dilapidated mansion is rumored to be haunted and teenage girls begin disappearing around town.
"[A]n atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house. . . Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up....
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
Description
On his way to visit his aunt Sweetfur who is on vacation in the Pleasant Paw Hills, Geronimo Stilton--editor of "The Rodent's Gazette"--gets lost in a dark forest and seeks shelter in a run-down mansion unfortunately haunted by cats.