9 Best mystery books like Ghosts Come Rising by Adam Perry

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Ghosts Come Rising

By: Adam Perry

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the mid 19th century, a religious movement called Spiritualism spread across America. Spirituali…

If you liked the mystery plot in Ghosts Come Rising by Adam Perry , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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2. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. Lumara

By: Melissa Landers

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The answers lie within. Boarding school student Talia Morris has no idea her boyfriend, Nathaniel,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Lumara book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • mystery
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5. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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6. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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7. The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explo… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Grace of Wild Things book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"And though she'd always liked reading about faraway places, wasn't it also nice, she asked, to have somebody make you see all the beautiful things right under your nose?"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"Eavesdropping is not a virtue in a young lady," Mrs Crumley said. "Is it a virtue in an old lady?" Grace demanded, her temper flaring. "You seem to learn half your gossip that way."

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

"The world was a different place once. People didn’t own forests when I was a girl. Forests simply were. We witches could drift from place to place, from wood to wood, weaving cottages from magic and …"

-Heather Fawcett, The Grace of Wild Things

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8. Bhai for Now

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and fun new spin on the Parent-Trap story, by Indies Introduce author Maleeha Siddiqui A… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Bhai for Now book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Besides, what was the point of a home if the people who should care about you didn't show up for you?"

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

"...he wished he could take his words back. But words were like arrows. Once you let them go and they hit their target, you couldn't take the arrow back without leaving a hole behind."

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

"Shaheer realized that sometimes confidence wasn't always about making the big bold decisions or mouthing off to people. Sometimes confidence looked like the quiet strength it took to tell someone how…"

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

"...Shaheer realized that sometimes confidence wasn't always about making the big bold decisions or mouthing off to people. Sometimes confidence looked like the quiet strength it took to tell someone …"

-Maleeha Siddiqui, Bhai for Now

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9. Wrecker

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishe… read more

Similar categories in Carl Hiaasen's Wrecker book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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10. Unraveller

By: Frances Hardinge

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A dark YA fantasy about learning to use your power and finding peace, from award-winning author Fra… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's Unraveller book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
"I don't think about "being happy" unless I'm with you, and then I never am. Humans are never happy."

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"Changing a law is like digging a new field. You'll break ancient roots and blunt your spade with a lot of stones, but eventually plants will grow in your furrows, and your new hedge will thrive and i…"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"You'd know you were a boy, so she would too. If someone knows they're a man or boy, that's what matters. Outside appearences aren't important. It's what's inside that counts—who we are in our souls. …"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"You'd be better at it than me' he told Nettle when he visited her. 'This sort of Unravelling doesn't feel like I'm using a magical gift. Sometimes it's like I'm a ghost walking alongside somebody on …"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

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11. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

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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 Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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13. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. Dinged

By: Tommy Greenwald

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very sa… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Greenwald's Dinged book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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15. No One Leaves the Castle

By: Christopher Healy

4.02

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no c… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Healy's No One Leaves the Castle book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) by Kalynn  Bayron

16. The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the world of the Vanquishers, vampires were history . . . until now.Malika “Boog” Wilson and her… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
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17. Moongarden (Plotting the Stars, #1)

By: Michelle A. Barry

4.26

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Failed climate change policy, an intergalactic conspiracy, and the magical, unlikely heroine who co… read more

Similar categories in Michelle A. Barry's Moongarden (Plotting the Stars, #1) book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Felice and the Wailing Woman (Los Monstruos #1) by Diana López

18. Felice and the Wailing Woman (Los Monstruos #1)

By: Diana López

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The twelve-year-old daughter of La Llorona vows to free her mother and reverse the curses that have… read more

Similar categories in Diana López's Felice and the Wailing Woman (Los Monstruos #1) book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. Ghosts Come Rising

By: Adam Perry

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the mid 19th century, a religious movement called Spiritualism spread across America. Spirituali… read more

Similar categories in Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
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20. Virtually Me

By: Chad Morris

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A mysterious package. A new school. A chance to be someone new. A new virtual reality school wh… read more

Similar categories in Chad Morris's Virtually Me book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The Puttermans Are in the House

By: Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

3.91

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and hopeful middle grade novel from Jacquetta Nammar Feldman, author of the Junior Libr… read more

Similar categories in Jacquetta Nammar Feldman's The Puttermans Are in the House book and Adam Perry's Ghosts Come Rising

  • middle grade
  • childrens

19 best-selling fiction books like Ghosts Come Rising by Adam Perry

Transform Your Habits

Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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A Rover's Story

Jasmine Warga

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Probability of Everything

Sarah Everett

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Labors of Hercules Beal

Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

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18 Best fiction books like Moongarden (Plotting the Stars, #1) by Michelle A. Barry

Transform Your Habits

Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Probability of Everything

Sarah Everett

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Saving Sunshine

Saadia Faruqi

4.06

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The Labors of Hercules Beal

Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

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