17 Best middle grade books like Ghost Stories (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective) by Carolyn Keene

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Ghost Stories (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective)

By: Carolyn Keene

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

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If you liked the middle grade plot in Ghost Stories (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective) by Carolyn Keene , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House, #15)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.89

Format: 73 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, e… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Jack and Annie are off on another adventure! This time they are sent to ancient Greece, where a ver… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. It's in His Kiss: The Epilogue II (Bridgertons, #7.5)

By: Julia Quinn

3.39

Format: 440 pages, ebook

What happened to the diamonds If you've read "It's in His Kiss, " you want to know. Don't miss this… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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4. Bailey's Story

By: W. Bruce Cameron

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From W. Bruce Cameron, the author of the New York Timesand USA Todaybestselling novel A Dog's Purpo… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Ghost Stories: #1,27,59,89,107,133

By: Carolyn Keene

5.00

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

- The Campus Ghost - The Ghost Dogs of Whispering Oaks - Blackbeard's Skull - The Ghost Jogger - Th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
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6. Roman Fever

By: Edith Wharton

3.33

Format: 170 pages,

While visiting Rome with their daughters, two middle-aged women reminisce about their romantic riva… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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7. The House on the Cliff (The Hardy Boys, #2)

By: Franklin W. Dixon

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Frank and Joe Hardy are investigating a mysterious old house high on the cliffs above Barmet Bay wh… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House, #14) by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca

8. Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House, #14)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Jack and Annie set off to find an original copy of an ancient Chinese myth. Armed only with their m… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. The Haunting of Ashburn House

By: Darcy Coates

3.95

Format: None pages,

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror

10. The Carrie Diaries (The Carrie Diaries, #1)

By: Candace Bushnell

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City, she was a regular girl growing up in the subur… read more

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11. The House of the Seven Gables

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne , Robert S. Levine

4.33

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brood… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • horror

12. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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13. When He Was Wicked: The Epilogue II (Bridgertons, #6.5)

By: Julia Quinn

4.26

Format: 91 pages, ebook

Do the best things really come to those who wait? Three years have passed since Francesca's and Mic… read more

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14. Absent in the Spring

By: Agatha Christie , Mary Westmacott

4.16

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

A striking novel of truth and soul-searching. Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Jo… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction
"Better to wear out than to rust out!"

-Agatha Christie, Absent in the Spring

"... during every conversation, sooner or later somebody says, “Nobody knows what I went through at that time!"

-Agatha Christie, Absent in the Spring

15. The Mystery of the Green Ghost (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #4)

By: Robert Arthur , Alfred Hitchcock

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

A green ghost oozes through the walls of a crumbling old mansion, leading The Three Investigators t… read more

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16. The Mill on the Floss

By: George Eliot , A.S. Byatt

3.83

Format: 579 pages, Paperback

'If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?' Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie… read more

Similar categories in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss book and Carolyn Keene's Ghost Stories (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective)

  • classics
  • fiction
"Don't judge a book by its cover"

-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

"Don't judge a book by its cover."

-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

"Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure."

-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

"I desire no future that will break the ties of the past."

-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

17. Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)

By: Ann M. Martin

3.62

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Kristy thinks the Baby-sitters Club is a great idea. She and her friends Claudia, Stacey, and Mary … read more

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18. Summer and the City (The Carrie Diaries, #2)

By: Candace Bushnell

2.96

Format: 7 pages,

Summer is a magical time in New York City and Carrie is in love with all of it--the crazy character… read more

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19. No Dogs Allowed!

By: Bill Wallace

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

After losing Dandy, her family's beloved horse, Kristine decides that she will never get close to a… read more

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20. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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21. The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow (The Okay Witch, #2)

By: Emma Steinkellner

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“A satisfying, brilliant sequel, solidifying Steinkellner’s reputation as a graphic novelist to wat… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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22. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #13) by Cynthia Yuan Cheng

23. Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #13)

By: Cynthia Yuan Cheng

4.10

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by newcomer Cynthia Yuan Cheng! Mary Anne sh… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (Black Hollow Lane, #1) by Julia Nobel

24. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (Black Hollow Lane, #1)

By: Julia Nobel

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Emmy's dad disappeared years ago, and with her mother too busy to parent, she's shipped off to Well… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Karen's Birthday (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #6) by Katy Farina

25. Karen's Birthday (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #6)

By: Katy Farina

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, featuring Kristy's litt… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Karen's Haircut (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #7) by Katy Farina

26. Karen's Haircut (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #7)

By: Katy Farina

4.15

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, featuring Kristy's litt… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1) by Emma Steinkellner

27. The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1)

By: Emma Steinkellner

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Magic is harder than it looks. Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she’s ab… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"I was afraid once... And because I was afraid, my magic was weak and full of fear... If you do not trust in yourself, then you shall indeed fall. Trust in yourself, Moth. When you set your magic free…"

-Emma Steinkellner, The Okay Witch (The Okay Witch, #1)

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28. Clarice Bean, Think Like an Elf

By: Lauren Child

4.52

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Join the one and only Clarice Bean and ‘Think Like an Elf’ in this irresistible and spectacularly s… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates

29. The Haunting of Leigh Harker

By: Darcy Coates

3.91

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

From bestselling gothic horror author Darcy Coates comes a chilling story of a quiet house on a for… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, #2) by Julia Nobel

30. The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, #2)

By: Julia Nobel

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this exciting sequel to The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane, Emmy's adventures continue as she deal… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
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31. Opinions and Opossums

By: Ann Braden

4.21

Format: 163 pages, Hardcover

Agnes has been raised to keep her opinions to herself, but how do you keep silent when you’re full… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction

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Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House, #15)

Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.89

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Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16)

Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

4.25

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It's in His Kiss: The Epilogue II (Bridgertons, #7.5)

Julia Quinn

3.39

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Algernon Blackwood

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Horace Walpole

3.18

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