Books like The Cursed Moon

Looking for books like The Cursed Moon by Angela Cervantes (Horror · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of fear, family, and ghosts. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Cursed Moon

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Why each is a match

Wait Till Helen Comesgrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (4–7).
All the Lovely Bad Onesgrades 5–8
Shares themes of family and ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8).
The Ghost of Graylockgrades 5–8
Shares themes of fear and ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8).
It Came from the Treesgrades 3–6
Shares themes of fear, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flexgrades 3–6
Shares themes of fear, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6).
City of Ghostsgrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and ghosts and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Dollhouse Murdersgrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and ghosts and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Doom Stonegrades 6–9
Shares themes of fear, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (6–9).
Amari and the Night Brothersgrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (4–7).
Amir and the Jinn Princessgrades 4–8
Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (4–8).

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