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Scary (Haunted?) Houses for Tweens and Teens

Scary, spooky and haunted houses are a staple of scary stories. You take something that should be warm and comforting, and make it creepy. Can you escape? Can you survive?

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  • Finch House isn't just a house...it's alive. Can Micah find a way to convince the house to let her go? Or will she be forced to stay in Finch House forever?
    Book, 2023New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2023] — J BURCH
  • A middle-grade novel about a girl who sees possessed souls and ventures into a haunted house in the forest on a mission to save them, and defeat her own demons, in the process.
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2023. — J ALLEN
  • The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. As Violet finds herself spending more time alone in her room with the yellow wallpaper, the shadows start moving in the corners,…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — J URSU
  • Could the new girl Lissa help Diana uncover the ghastly secret of the creepy old Willis house? But there are rules that must be followed in order to keep the peace, and Diana is not allowed to make friends.
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — J PETERSO
  • A strange house appears on Jac's street on the five-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, and when she gets trapped inside she will have to confront horrors from her past to find a way out.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, [2022] — J MALINEN
  • Red Solo cups? Check. Snacks? Check. Abandoned mansion full of countless horrors that won't let you leave? Check. It's time for a graduation party that no one will ever forget.
    Book, 2024New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — TEEN ANDERSO
  • When Guinevere "Nev" Tallow receives an acceptance letter to the exclusive Deephaven Academy, they know it's the fresh start that they've been looking for. But things are strange from the moment they arrive--the house itself seems to breathe,…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — J ALDRIDG
  • Roddie can't help but feel lost. His mom never told him anything about hoodoo, Dogwood House, or their family. Roddie discovers that there is even more his mother never said. Like why she left home when she was seventeen, never to return. Or what…
    Book, 2024New York : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — J ROYCE
  • The house beckons you inside. Do you enter? A dance to the death. A monstrous girl who lures people into dark water. A hallway that's constantly changing -- and hungry. All these stories exist within a house unbound from the laws of time and space.
    Book, 2024Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Company, 2024. — TEEN HOUSE W
  • When Evie Von Rathe discovers that the ghosts in Blight Harbor are disappearing, she teams up with a young ghost named Lark and ventures into the Dark Sun Side, where she unravels a personal mystery and battles with shadow creatures to reach the…
    Book, 2023New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023. — J SENF
  • With the help of Hazel, the granddaughter of Honeyfield's owner, Eliot attempts to uncover the mystery behind Honeyfield Hall and the ghosts residing within. And as Eliot fits the pieces together, she may just be able to help the spirits remember…
    Book, 2022New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022. — J BOWMAN
  • Seventeen-year-old Dare plans to spend her summer debunking a haunting at an historic estate with a dark past, but she finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against a malignant ghost.
    Book, 2021New York : Razorbill, 2021. — TEEN MARSH
  • When Barret Eloise and her group project partners are locked in the haunted Raithfield Manor, the house transforms into a series of childhood games they must win to order to escape.
    Book, 2024New York : Aladdin, 2024. — J BRANDT
  • Haunting of Hill House meets found-footage horror in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the power of family ties and the trauma that lurks there.
    Book, 2023Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing, 2023. — TEEN DE BECE
  • A chilling story of twin sisters haunted by a ghostly presence in their new house.
    Book, 2022New York, New York : Scholastic Inc., 2022. — J FORD
  • Looking for a fresh start, sixteen-year-old Libby and her family return to her mother's childhood home only to discover that the house's strange beauty may disguise a sinister past.
    Book, 2024New York : Delacorte Press, [2024] — TEEN FRAISTA
  • With reminders of his past everywhere, Jaime seeks out solitude into the nearby woods--Saint Juniper's Folly--and does not return. Theo wanders into the Folly and stumbles on a haunted house with an acerbic yet handsome boy trapped--as in physically…
    Book, 2023Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Teen, an imprint of Peachtree Publishing Company Inc., [2023] — TEEN CRESPO
  • Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — TEEN JACKSON
  • Imogen was always the one that believed in the paranormal, not Natalie. But now, the summer before her senior year, as she investigates the haunted hotel they once visited together, she may just be proven wrong.
    Book, 2024New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — TEEN TURK