Books like The Ghost's Grave

If you liked The Ghost's Grave, read The Ghost of Fossil Glen, The Ghost on Saturday Night, or Stolen Children — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Looking for books like The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret (Horror · grades 3–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of ghost stories, aunts, and coal miners. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 3–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to The Ghost's Grave

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The Ghost of Fossil Glengrades 3–8
Shares themes of ghost stories and ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Ghost on Saturday Nightgrades 4–6
Shares themes of ghost stories and ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Stolen Childrengrades 4–6
Is by Peg Kehret, the same author, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
The Stranger Next Doorgrades 3–8
Is by Peg Kehret, the same author, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
All the Lovely Bad Onesgrades 5–8
Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Cursed Moongrades 3–6
Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →
The Ghost of Graylockgrades 5–8
Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8). Amazon → books like this →
Wait Till Helen Comesgrades 4–7
Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →
The Doom Stonegrades 6–9
Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (6–9). Amazon → books like this →
The Girl with the Ghost Machinegrades 3–8
Shares themes of ghost stories, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →

Books like The Ghost's Grave for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

  • Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret · grades 3–6 — Is by Peg Kehret, the same author, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
  • The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud · grades 3–8 — Shares themes of ghost stories, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
  • City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab · grades 4–7 — Shares themes of ghosts and overlapping grades (4–7).
  • Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith · grades 5–8 — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2000s).
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney · 950L — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2000s).

Books like The Ghost's Grave for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

  • Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret · grades 3–6 — Is by Peg Kehret, the same author, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
  • The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud · grades 3–8 — Shares themes of ghost stories, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, and overlapping grades (3–8).
  • City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab · grades 4–7 — Shares themes of ghosts and overlapping grades (4–7).
  • Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith · grades 5–8 — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2000s).
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney · 950L — Both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award list, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (2000s).

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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