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Ghost stories

Johnny and the Dead

Terry Pratchett

After twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell suddenly starts seeing and talking to ghosts, he and his friends become involved in a battle to save the local cemetery.

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

12 Irish Ghost Stories

A collection of twelve ghost stories, drawn from the literary tradition of Ireland, written by a variety of authors including Charlotte Riddell, Forrest Reid, and Elizabeth Bowen.

Haunted High

Lawrence Gordon

Eddie Fields, a sixteen-year-old who possesses the ability to talk with ghosts through his computer, is detoured down an old deserted road one evening where he receives a message asking for help, and

The Afterlife

Gary Soto

A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.

The Haunting

Joan Lowery Nixon

When her mother inherits an old plantation house in the Louisiana countryside, fifteen-year-old Lia seeks to rid it of the evil spirit that haunts it.

Missing Angel Juan

Francesca Lia Block

Witch Baby follows Angel Juan to New York City and meets the ghost of her almost grandfather Charlie Bat.

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Devil's Race

Avi

Sixteen-year-old John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancestor, with his own name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon.

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Remember Me

Christopher Pike

After her untimely death, eighteen-year-old Shari tries to prove that she did not commit suicide and to keep the person responsible from killing again.

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