12 Top fantasy books like This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko

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This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a…

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1. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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2. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

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4. Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

By: Muhammad Najem

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A teenage boy risks his life to tell the truth in this gripping graphic memoir by youth activist Mu… read more

Similar categories in Muhammad Najem's Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • middle grade
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5. Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

By: Leslie Gentile

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleve… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Gentile's Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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7. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

Similar categories in Celia Krampien's The Bellwoods Game book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. It Found Us

By: Lindsay Currie

3.97

Format: 274 pages, None

From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl de… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's It Found Us book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The International House of Dereliction

By: Jacqueline Davies

4.04

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War ser… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The International House of Dereliction book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
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11. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Honestly Elliott book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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12. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Field of Screams

By: Wendy Parris

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A new pulse-pounding supernatural mystery about twelve-year-old Rebecca, who has always wanted to h… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Parris's Field of Screams book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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14. The Girl in White

By: Lindsay Currie

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Girl in White book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

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15. A Duet for Home

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homel… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's A Duet for Home book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

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17. The Keeper

By: Guadalupe Garcia McCall

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of the "Westfield Watcher,.” The first letter turns up on his desk. T… read more

Similar categories in Guadalupe Garcia McCall's The Keeper book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. The Lock-Eater

By: Zack Loran Clark

3.97

Format: None pages, None

For fans of Nevermoor and Howl's Moving Castle comes an epic middle grade fantasy about a girl with… read more

Similar categories in Zack Loran Clark's The Lock-Eater book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1)

By: Julie C. Dao

3.96

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A rollicking, action-packed adventure of laser tag and fierce sibling rivalries, Team Chu and the B… read more

Similar categories in Julie C. Dao's Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena (Team Chu #1) book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion

By: K. Tempest Bradford

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A backyard adventure-mystery. Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects an… read more

Similar categories in K. Tempest Bradford's Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Hope in Hopetown by Maria Tureaud

21. The Last Hope in Hopetown

By: Maria Tureaud

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about one girl’s dilemma over the decision to save her vampire parents or do what’s r… read more

Similar categories in Maria Tureaud's The Last Hope in Hopetown book and Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House

  • supernatural
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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