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Halloween Around the World! A Tiny TripFiction Booklist
31st October 2021
Monstrous mayhem, supernatural shenanigans and ghostly going-ons… it’s Halloween! And in true TripFiction style, our Kid’s Lit Writer in Residence has pulled together a spooktacular children’s and YA booklist of spooky stories from Halloween around the world
Ghost Scouts: Welcome to Camp Croak! by Taylor Dolan
📍 LOUISIANA, USA
When Lexie Wilde is dropped off at Scout Camp, little does she expect it to be full of zombies, werewolves and three-headed witches, who all become the best of friends. But Camp Croak is under threat from the charmingly foul Euphemia Vile, and they must all come together in order to save their beloved school? Age 6+
Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
📍 FLORIDA, USA
Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy adventure! When Lucely and her best friend, Syd, accidentally casts a spell that awakens malicious spirits, they must join forces with Syd’s witch grandmother and her tubby tabby, Chunk, to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse to save the town. Age 8+
The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes
📍 CORNWALL, UK
Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it once belonged to Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to be seen again. Intrigued, Aveline decides to investigate Primrose’s disappearance. Now someone… or something, is stirring. And it is looking for Aveline. Age 9+
Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
📍 LONDON, UK
When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in. Meet the dashing, scatty Anthony Lockwood; his loyal, book-loving deputy George Cubbins; and their newest agent, brave Lucy Carlyle. Together they must use their talents to keep the living alive. But a night in one of the most haunted houses in England has the team fighting for their own lives! Age 9+
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
📍 CARIBBEAN
When eleven-year-old Corinne La Mer stumbles into the forest on her Caribbean island home, she rouses a legendary jumbie – a malevolent spirit that haunts the forest – who emerges to wreak havoc. Corinne must call on her extraordinary courage. the help of her friends and learn to use ancient magic to stop the jumbie and save the island from being taken over by the spirits. Age 9+
Following Frankenstein by Catherine Bruton
📍 ARCTIC TUNDRA & NEW YORK CITY, USA
Maggie Walton’s father has dedicated his life to a single pursuit: hunting down the monster created by Victor Frankenstein. It has cost Maggie and her family everything – and now her father is staking everything on one last voyage to the Arctic, with Maggie secretly in tow, where he hopes to find the monster at last. But there they make a shocking discovery: Frankenstein’s monster has a son… Age 9+
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
📍 EDINBURGH, UK
Ever since Cass almost drowned, she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead and enter the world of spirits. When Cass’s parents start hosting a TV show about the world’s most haunted places, the family heads off to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, graveyards, castles, and secret passageways teem with restless phantoms. But the city of ghosts is more dangerous than she ever imagined. Age 12+
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
📍 ROMANIA
On the eve of her divining, the day she’ll discover her fate, 17-year-old Lillai and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar. But lurking in the shadows is a more terrifying and mysterious figure of myth and legend who takes girls as gifts. And he’s got his eyes on Lil and Kizzy. The sisters may not have had their divining day, but they will still discover their fate… Age YA
Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw
📍 NEW ORLEANS, USA
New Orleans Fang Fest, 1995. 17-year-old Mina is having a summer to die for exploring the city’s darkest secrets – vampire tours, seedy bars, spooky cemeteries, disturbing local myths – with her sister Libby. But when Mina stumbles upon the body of a girl with puncture marks on her neck, she must discover the truth and prove her sister’s innocence before she becomes the victim of another sinister, supernatural myth. Age YA
Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain
📍 LOUISIANA, USA
When 17-year-old Grey makes her annual visit to La Cachette, Louisiana, she knows it will be different from past years: her childhood best friend Elora went missing and in a tiny bayou town that proclaims to be the “Psychic Capital of the World” nobody knows what happened. But sinister secrets lurk just below the surface, and with a murderer on the loose, nobody can be presumed innocent. Age YA
The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge
📍 NORWAY
Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes. Determined to understand her strange ability, Martha sets off to the snowy depths of Norway to visit her grandmother, Mormor – only to discover Mormor is dead, a peculiar boy is in her cabin and a terrifying creature is on the loose. Then the spinning wheel starts creaking, books move around and terror creeps in… Age YA
A Skin Full of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
📍 LONDON, UK
When a creature dies, its spirit can go looking for somewhere to hide. Some people have space inside them, perfect for hiding. Makepeace defends herself nightly from the ghosts which try to possess her, until a dreadful event causes her to drop her guard. And now there’s a ghost inside her. As the English Civil War erupts, Makepeace must decide which is worse: possession – or death. Age YA
A World Full of Spooky Stories by Angela McAllister and Madalina Andronic (Illustrator)
📍 WORLD
Are you ready for story time with a spooky twist? From witches and werewolves, serpents and skeletons, mermaids and monsters, travel the world with this spine-chilling anthology of spooky stories! But make sure you have your candle ready as it’s sure to be a long night… Age7+
Monsters: 100 Weird Creatures From Around the World by Sarah Banville and Quinton Winter (Illustrator)
📍 WORLD
From well-known and well-feared monsters like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, to the lesser-known, but just as weird and wonderful Japanese Sea Serpent and Chinese Hopping Vampires, this terrific book is the must-have guide to monsters from all over the world. Age 9+
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