27 Top middle grade books like The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2) by Ellen Oh

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The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

By: Ellen Oh

4.09

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The thrilling sequel to the Texas Bluebonnet Award-nominated Spirit Hunters! We Need Diverse Boo…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2) by Ellen Oh , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

By: Lindsay Currie

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspe… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal

2. The Dollhouse Murders

By: Betty Ren Wright

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Amy is having difficulties at home being responsible for her brain-damaged sister, … read more

Similar categories in Betty Ren Wright's The Dollhouse Murders book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal

3. Against the Tide (Spirit Animals, #5)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor… read more

Similar categories in Tui T. Sutherland's Against the Tide (Spirit Animals, #5) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

4. Blood Ties (Spirit Animals, #3)

By: Garth Nix , Sean Williams

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Hardcover

The adventure continues in this third book of the epic multiplatform fantasy series. Erdas is a lan… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's Blood Ties (Spirit Animals, #3) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

5. The Jumbies (The Jumbies #1)

By: Tracey Baptiste

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore that will have readers holding their breath as t… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Baptiste's The Jumbies (The Jumbies #1) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

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6. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

By: Katherine Arden

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debu… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyon…"

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

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8. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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9. Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine thrills once again in the finale to the critically accl… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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10. Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adven… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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11. Lotería

By: Karla Arenas Valenti

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the hottest hour of the hottest day in Oaxaca City when Life and Death walk into town, ready … read more

Similar categories in Karla Arenas Valenti's Lotería book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"To believe, despite everything, to have hope- that was a choice."

-Karla Arenas Valenti, Lotería

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12. Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1)

By: Scott Chantler

4.02

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A young squire tackles mysteries, monsters and magic, but the inept knight he serves takes the cred… read more

Similar categories in Scott Chantler's Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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13. 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 Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • 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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14. Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2)

By: Katherine Arden

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in this fo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"It will be dark in a few hours. Ghosts are stronger in the dark."

-Katherine Arden, Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2)

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15. Shannon in the Spotlight

By: Kalena Miller

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After Shannon accidentally lands a lead role in the summer musical, she realizes she has bigger thi… read more

Similar categories in Kalena Miller's Shannon in the Spotlight book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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16. 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 Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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17. 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 Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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18. What Stays Buried

By: Suzanne Young

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Calista Wynn will lose her ability to speak with the dead on her thirteenth birthda… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Young's What Stays Buried book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"The same love that bound people together could sometimes be a barrier when it turned to grief."

-Suzanne Young, What Stays Buried

"All the love you’ve been holding in—the kind that’s mixed with grief and hurt, you let it out and set us free."

-Suzanne Young, What Stays Buried

"Sometimes, Calista could feel the grief as if it seeped down from the previous generation — sadness as a hereditary condition."

-Suzanne Young, What Stays Buried

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19. Scritch Scratch

By: Lindsay Currie

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's Scritch Scratch book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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20. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. The No-Girlfriend Rule

By: Christen Randall

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Julie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettable queer romance about a teen girl whose fora… read more

Similar categories in Christen Randall's The No-Girlfriend Rule book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. Omar Rising

By: Aisha Saeed

4.22

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him - the… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Saeed's Omar Rising book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

One magical inn, two kids with supernatural powers, and an ancient Celtic creature trying to destro… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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24. 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 Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"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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25. The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

By: Ellen Oh

4.09

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The thrilling sequel to the Texas Bluebonnet Award-nominated Spirit Hunters! We Need Diverse Boo… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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26. Scary Stories for Young Foxes (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, 1)

By: Christian McKay Heidicker

4.27

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are sepa… read more

Similar categories in Christian McKay Heidicker's Scary Stories for Young Foxes (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, 1) book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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27. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

By: Adrianna Cuevas

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his … read more

Similar categories in Adrianna Cuevas's The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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28. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

Similar categories in India Hill Brown's The Girl in the Lake book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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29. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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30. Ghost Girl

By: Ally Malinenko

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s middle-grade debut is an empoweri… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's Ghost Girl book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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31. The Cursed Moon

By: Angela Cervantes

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated author Angela Cervantes' brand new novel combines a chilling ghost story with her award-… read more

Similar categories in Angela Cervantes's The Cursed Moon book and Ellen Oh's The Island of Monsters (Spirit Hunters #2)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy

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The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

Lindsay Currie

3.79

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Betty Ren Wright

3.86

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The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

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Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

Katherine Arden

4.01

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Jasmine Warga

4.28

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Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe

Alyson Noel

3.57

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Gale Galligan

4.15

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Dan Gemeinhart

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