Books like Waiting Spirits (Chamber of Horrors, Book 4) by Bruce Coville

Bod is the lone living child in a graveyard, raised by ghosts, werewolves and other spectral inhabitants. As he learns their ancient customs and the ability to Fade, he confronts the mysteries of both living and dead worlds.

An orphan named Lewis Barnavelt discovers that his new home is a magical mansion guarded by a hidden timepiece that could end the world, and only a family secret can stop it.

A spooky anthology of ghost, witch, and modern horror tales that rattles the imagination, perfect for an adventurous child’s night‑time reading.

A young girl must confront a sinister stepsister and unearth a dark secret that puts her life at risk.

Billy and his sister Sheena explore a Caribbean island with their uncle Dr. Deep, but an alluring coral reef hides a dark, half‑human, half‑fish creature that lurks beneath the waves.

When a haunted dollhouse illuminates the night, sisters Amy and her sister with a mental disability investigate the past murders that befell their family.

A strong‑willed city teacher and a dominant Colorado rancher clash before they learn to understand each other’s love.

When her younger sister Kasey begins acting oddly and their old house defies logic, sixteen‑year‑old Alexis must uncover a dark secret before danger consumes them.

Emily faces danger again when her sister Nancy returns, having spent a year in a mental institution after an attempted murder. With a new stepsister Jessie in the mix, fear and suspicion ripple through their family.

A teenage girl inherits a house that was once the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females, nicknamed "Hysteria Hall." Inside, she discovers hidden histories of defiant inmates, secrets, and shadows lurking in the halls.

**What secrets does the Shadow Market hold?** The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters' world. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is a sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. And Jem is searching through the Shadow Markets, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see, against the backdrop of the Shadow Market's dark dealings and festival, Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland's soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Brother Zachariah. This description comes from the publisher. *Ghosts of the Shadow Market* takes place in the Shadowhunter world, the first book of which is *City of Bones*.

A tale of courage, love, and betrayal as the Salamancan hunters must fight to save humanity from the rise of the Cursed Ones.

High school teens Liz and Rory discover a hidden world of supernatural forces and danger when a serial killer forces their family into witness protection on a remote South Carolina island.

After surviving a serial killer attack, Rory Miller enters witness protection with her father and sister Darcy in the island town of Juniper Landing. As the sisters reestablish their lives, a new friend’s disappearance threatens to reopen the nightmare.

In Bruce Coville’s chilling young‑adult horror story, Marilyn confronts an ancient curse, a malevolent demon, and a blood feud that spans millennia—her choice determines whether she survives or dies.

After a fifth move in five years, sisters Jenny and her younger brother confront a malevolent ghost in their new home, hoping to stay and protect their single‑parent household from its revenge on the elderly neighbors.

A collection of American ghost stories for children, featuring a variety of spirits—from frightening to lonely to funny—crafted by Bruce Coville.