If you’re into Halloween and spooky things
Darkness, death and witches’ breath
Creepy creatures and humans, too
Here are a few stories that may entice you
Proceed with caution as you take a look
at the picture, middle, and young adult books
Some are thrillish, magical, and scary-lite
Some will keep you up all night
Enjoy!
Precious and the Boo Hag
Patricia C. McKissack | Onawumi Jean Moss | Kyrsten Brooker | PB | Atheneum BYR | 2005 | Amazon | IndieBound
Wee Winnie Witch’s Skinny
Virginia Hamilton | Barry Moser | PB | Blue Sky Press | 2004 | Amazon
The Three Witches
Zora Neale Hurston | Joyce Carol Thomas | Faith Ringgold | PB | HarperCollins | 2006 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Skull Talks Back: And Other Haunting Tales
Zora Neale Hurston | Joyce Carol Thomas | Leonard Jenkins | MG | HarperCollins | 2004 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Patricia McKissack | J. Brian Pinkney | MG | Yearling | 1992 | Amazon | IndieBound
Moaning Bones: African-American Ghost Stories
James Haskins | Felicia Marshall | MG | Lothrop Lee & Shepard | 1998 | Amazon
The Headless Haunt and Other African-American Ghost Stories
James Haskins | Ben Otero | MG | HarperCollins | 1994 | Amazon
The Jumbies (Book 1)
Tracey Baptiste | MG | Algonquin Young Readers | 2015 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away
Ronald L. Smith | MG | Clarion Books | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound
Kingdom of Souls
Rena Barron | YA | HarperTeen | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound
Temper: A Novel
Nicky Drayden | YA | Harper Voyager | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound
Slice of Cherry
Dia Reeves | YA | Simon Pulse | 2011 | Amazon | IndieBound
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