Books like The girl with the ghost machine by Lauren DeStefano
In a quiet town, teenage Emmaline Beaumont watches her father obsessively build a ghost machine in the basement, hoping to restore the memory of her lost mother. As the contraption takes over his life, Emmaline feels abandoned and yearning for attention. The story explores how duty, grief, and familial bonds shape the choices of a young girl who must decide whether to accept her motherβs return or stand up for herself.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Lauren DeStefano
★
★
★
★
★
5.0 (1 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for The girl with the ghost machine by Lauren DeStefano are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books theyβll enjoy.
Books similar to The girl with the ghost machine (19 similar books)
Six of Crows is a fantasy novel in the Grishaverse that follows a crew of thieves in the city of Ketterdam, a Dutchβinspired port, told through the thirdβperson viewpoints of seven characters.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In the unforgettable Leβ―Cirque des RΓͺves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and willβan impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In a world where magic once pulsed through every stone, children of OrΓ―sha fight to reclaim their heritage after a tyrant extinguishes their powers and their peopleβs hope.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A 17βyearβold art student at a Prague boarding school uncovers the dark ties between her family of chimaerae and the supernatural world, as she grapples with identity and destiny.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Isobel, a gifted portrait artist, sells favors to dangerous fair folk whose fascination with human craft threatens their power. When a spring prince commissions her, her art puts both of them in peril, forcing them to ally against the immortal courts.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Laia, a Scholar, infiltrates the Martial Empireβs elite military academy as a slave after her brother is jailed for treason, aided by rebel Scholars who promise to save him.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
After choking on a gummy bear, Charlotte Usher dies and becomes invisible, yet she continues to chase popularity in high school with deadpan wit and a fresh, satirical tone.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Seventhβgrader Kendall discovers she can see and talk to ghosts, and the spirits task her with solving the mystery of their unfinished business before she can help them move on.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Asthmatic twelveβyearβold Jack and his mother settle into an old English farmhouse, where Jack discovers he can talk to the houseβs ghosts. A malevolent spirit soon threatens to engulf both of them in darkness.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A highβschooler in South Texas explores family, friendship, and grief while seeking answers about her world and her beloved books.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Three teenage sisters in Philadelphia must grapple with their father's sudden death, confronting grief, friendship, and their own futures as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and family dynamics.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In freeβverse poems, a teenage girl named Ruby relocates from Boston to Los Angeles after her motherβs death to live with an estranged, famous actor father she never knows and intends to dislike.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A Chicago highβschool senior, compelled by her widowed father, relocates in 1978 to aid an underground education movement in communist Poland, confronting grief, duty, and a comingβofβage journey.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In the third book of the Burn for Burn trilogy, Lillia, Kat, and Mary confront the consequences of their New Year's Eve encounter, navigating friendship, grief, and supernatural challenges on a school island.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Eddie Reeves grapples with her father's suicide, searching for truth while forming an uneasy bond with his former student, photographer Culler Evans, who may hold clues to the tragic death.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
The Bone Season by Samanta ShannonCruel Prince by Holly Black
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!