The Unnameables

Don't Close Your Eyes! (Mostly Ghostly)

My Jasper June

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears: Paola Santiago

Nemesis

The Nixie's Song: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles

The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz Series Book 12)

The Story of Antigone

Perpetual scaredy-cat Conor O'Neill has the fright of his life when a banshee girl named Ashling shows up in his bedroom. Ashling is--as all banshees are--a harbinger of death, but she's new at this banshee business, and first she insists on going to middle school. As Conor attempts to hide her identity from his teachers, he realizes he's going to have to pay a visit to the underworld if he wants to keep his family safe.

"Got your cell?"
"Yeah . . . . Don't see what good it'll do me."
"I'll text you if anything happens that you should know."
"Text me? Javier, we'll be in the afterlife."
"You never know. Maybe they get a signal."

Discover why Kirkus has called Booraem's work "utterly original American fantasy . . . frequently hysterical." This totally fresh take on the afterlife combines the kid next door appeal of Percy Jackson with the snark of Artemis Fowl and the heart of a true middle grade classic.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Unnameables

Ellen Booraem, 2008

Don't Close Your Eyes! (Mostly Ghostly)

R.L. Stine, 2006

My Jasper June

Laurel Snyder, 2019

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears: Paola Santiago

Tehlor Kay Mejia, 2020

Nemesis

Brendan Reichs, 2017

The Nixie's Song: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles

Tony Diterlizzi, Holly Black, 2007

The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz Series Book 12)

Lyman Frank Baum, 2020

The Story of Antigone

Ali Smith, Laura Paoletti, 2011