14 must-read mystery books like The Witchstone Ghosts by Emily Randall-Jones

Cover of The Witchstone Ghosts by Emily Randall-Jones

The Witchstone Ghosts

By: Emily Randall-Jones

4.37

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

  WINNER OF THE TIMES/CHILDREN'S FICTION COMPETITION  WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL AWARD 'It's excit…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Witchstone Ghosts by Emily Randall-Jones , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

1. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow

2. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Tyger by S.F. Said

3. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1) by Pádraig Kenny

4. The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1)

By: Pádraig Kenny

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Mirabelle is part of a very unusual family. Between Uncle Bertram transforming into a ferocious gri… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Kenny's The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) by Thomas     Taylor

5. Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.47

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Herbie and Violet's fifth gripping adventure brings the internationally bestselling Eerie-on-Sea se… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2) by Pari Thomson

6. The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

By: Pari Thomson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the spellbinding sequel to New York Times bestselle… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) by A.F. Steadman

7. Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.55

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island always wins… Skandar and his sister Kenna are finally both at the Eyrie, but tensions… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Chaos Trials (Skandar, #3) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell

8. Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

By: Katherine Rundell

4.10

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

An unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • childrens
"Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place."

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

"But the writing we call children’s fiction is not a childish thing: childish things include picking your nose and eating the contents, and tantruming at the failure to get your own way. The 45th Pres…"

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

Cover of The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard

9. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz by Robin Stevens

10. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • adventure
Cover of Keedie by Elle McNicoll

11. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

Cover of The Witches of Pendle by Yvette Fielding

12. The Witches of Pendle

By: Yvette Fielding

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

When a new family moves into a house in Pendle, they discover a witch's bottle filled with curses. … read more

Similar categories in Yvette Fielding's The Witches of Pendle book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
Cover of Like a Curse by Elle McNicoll

13. Like a Curse

By: Elle McNicoll

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Curse book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

14. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Stitch by Pádraig Kenny

15. Stitch

By: Pádraig Kenny

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

A compelling, atmospheric and gothic Frankenstein -inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish aut… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Kenny's Stitch book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge

16. Island of Whispers

By: Frances Hardinge

4.35

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conju… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's Island of Whispers book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
"Kindness is not weakness. To be kind in this unkind world is walking through a battlefield without armour or sword. It takes courage and strength to be kind."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"They do not touch you. But they will trick you into touching them. Falter-moths, grief-winged. Things of doubt and confusion that feed on loss. If you touch them, they will feed on you..."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"There was a trick to seeing and hearing the Dead, like the trick to falling asleep. You had to not quite listen, not quite look, not quite think. You let the edges of your mind slip into the right so…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"Everywhere Milo saw traces of his father - his chair, his bowl, the roof he had planned to mend. The worst thing about losing somebody is that, even after you survive a difficult day, the next mornin…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

Cover of Read, Scream, Repeat by Jennifer Killick

17. Read, Scream, Repeat

By: Jennifer Killick

3.99

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

A spooktacular collection of scary stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Read, Scream, Repeat book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of All the Hidden Monsters (All the Hidden Monsters #1) by Amie Jordan

18. All the Hidden Monsters (All the Hidden Monsters #1)

By: Amie Jordan

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life… read more

Similar categories in Amie Jordan's All the Hidden Monsters (All the Hidden Monsters #1) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls by Phil Hickes

19. Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls

By: Phil Hickes

4.29

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Shadowhall Academy, where spirits haunt the school halls. A brilliantly spooky new serie… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Forgotten Maze (Crookhaven, #2) by J.J. Arcanjo

20. The Forgotten Maze (Crookhaven, #2)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.35

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

An irresistible series about chosen family, high stakes thievery, and what it really means to do go… read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The Forgotten Maze (Crookhaven, #2) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Secrets of the Snakestone by Piu DasGupta

21. Secrets of the Snakestone

By: Piu DasGupta

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Zélie is often accused of being a witch, but she doesn’t believe in magic. Until Jules climbs up fr… read more

Similar categories in Piu DasGupta's Secrets of the Snakestone book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of The Island at the Edge of Night by Lucy Strange

22. The Island at the Edge of Night

By: Lucy Strange

4.40

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

  A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Luc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
Cover of The After School Crime Club by Hayley Webster

23. The After School Crime Club

By: Hayley Webster

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Willow has always felt like an outsider at school, but she and her Nanna were so alike that she nev… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Webster's The After School Crime Club book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
Cover of Bella Bright and the Ghost Game by Carolyn  Ward

24. Bella Bright and the Ghost Game

By: Carolyn Ward

4.41

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Eleven-year-old Bella Bright has just moved into Darkling House in Castleton. On her first day at h… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Ward's Bella Bright and the Ghost Game book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
Cover of The Witchstone Ghosts by Emily Randall-Jones

25. The Witchstone Ghosts

By: Emily Randall-Jones

4.37

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

  WINNER OF THE TIMES/CHILDREN'S FICTION COMPETITION  WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL AWARD 'It's excit… read more

Similar categories in Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Super Sunny Murder Club by Abiola Bello

26. The Super Sunny Murder Club

By: Abiola Bello

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A collection of sizzling summer-themed crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most popular, e… read more

Similar categories in Abiola Bello's The Super Sunny Murder Club book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • mystery
  • middle grade
Cover of I Am Wolf (I Am Wolf, #1) by Alastair Chisholm

27. I Am Wolf (I Am Wolf, #1)

By: Alastair Chisholm

4.55

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Coll is Wolf. He lives with his clan on a Construct, a huge technological “creature” driven by t… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Chisholm's I Am Wolf (I Am Wolf, #1) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

28. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

Cover of Fallout by Lesley Parr

29. Fallout

By: Lesley Parr

4.59

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Can Marcus escape the future his parents expect him to have? Or is his fate decided by his family? … read more

Similar categories in Lesley Parr's Fallout book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

Cover of Black Hole Cinema Club by Christopher Edge

30. Black Hole Cinema Club

By: Christopher Edge

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema – nicknamed ‘The Black Hole’ – they’re excited abo… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Edge's Black Hole Cinema Club book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Housetrap by Emma  Read

31. The Housetrap

By: Emma Read

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When Claude’s little sister, Amity, runs off in forbidden Badwell Woods – where children disappear … read more

Similar categories in Emma Read's The Housetrap book and Emily Randall-Jones's The Witchstone Ghosts

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • fantasy

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