Attack of the Jack-o'-Lanterns

by R.L. Stine

Four teen-aged friends, two of whom are shape-changing aliens, decide to get even with two others who had made them miserable the two previous Halloweens.

Goosebumps series: book 48

The Battlefield Ghost

by Margery Cuyler

John is not sure he wants to live in the old house his parents are so fond of, especially because he has heard stories that the house is haunted. John and his sister find themselves face-to-face with...

Bunnicula

by Deborah Howe James Howe

Harold, a dog, and Chester, a cat, resort to hilarious antics to alert their family that the newly adopted bunny may actually be a vegetable vampire!

Bunnicula series

The Boy of a Thousand Faces

by Brian Selznick

Born on Halloween, ten-year-old Alonzo King is a great fan of UFOs, monsters, and other things that go bump in the night, and he carefully guards the secret that he is really a slimy creature from another...

The Ghost of Cutler Creek

by Cynthia C. DeFelice

This is the third book in a series about Allie Nichols and her encounters with ghosts. In this story, Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog who died from mistreatment by a dog breeder. It is up to...

Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom!

by Cornelia Funke

In this fourth book of the "Ghosthunters" series, Tom and Hetty Hyssop encounter a minotaurean demon when Tom goes to Bogpool to do his field test for his diploma.

Ghost in the Mirror

by R. L. Stine

There's something eerie about Jason's new mirror. It's almost as if a force were pulling him into his own reflection... and into a cold, dark world he may never leave again.

Goosebumps 2000 series: book 25

The Halloween Goblin

by Tracey West

Violet and Sprite are hot on the trail of the escaped pixies, but the pixies are up to their own tricks and one puts a hiccup spell on Violet!

Pixie Tricks series: book 4

The House of Dies Drear

by Virginia Hamilton

In this Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning novel, a black family moves into an enormous house once used to hide runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make...

The Littles and the Scary Halloween

by John Peterson

When Lucy and Tom try to scare their parents for Halloween, they accidentally scare their parents more than they intended.

Littles First Reader series

Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve

by Mary Pope Osborne

After receiving an invitation from Merlin in their magic tree house, Annie and Jack help Teddy return the Diamond of Destiny to the duke's castle in Camelot.

Magic Tree House series: book 30

The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless

by Ahmet Zappa

Eleven-year-old Minerva and her brother Max want to follow in their father's footsteps by becoming monsterminators. After monsters attack their home and kidnap their father, Minerva and Max have an adventure...

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

by Gail Herman

Scooby-Doo and his people posse–Shaggy, Daphne, Fred, and Velma–are in mystery up to their necks in the Louisiana Bayou!

Skeleton Creek

by Patrick Carman

There are two sides to this story: one is written, the other is on video. Something mysterious is happening in Skeleton Creek. Something scary. Something sinister.

Skeleton Creek series: book 1