Books like The dreadful future of Blossom Culp by Richard Peck

A Newbery‑winning middle‑grade novel about a girl who spends a summer with her spirited grandmother, whose mischievous ways upend the town and leave Mary Alice with unexpected adventures.

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

At Bloor's Academy, Charlie Bone encounters a time‑displaced boy, a glowing marble, and the enigmatic Yewbeam sisters, all while uncovering secrets about his father and the school’s hidden magic.

Flora is sent to a modern English boarding school but is magically transported to 1935, where she becomes the new girl at St. Winifred's, summoned by her dormitory mates.

In Victorian London, ten‑year‑old Florence Crutchfield is sent to an orphanage-run house with her great‑uncle, great‑aunt and sick cousin James. Little does she know another, sinister presence lurks in the home, threatening both girls’ safety.

A Long Way from Chicago follows city kids Joey and Mary Alice as they visit Grandma Dowdel’s small-town Illinois community over the Great Depression, discovering humor, family, and the spirited life of country towns.

Suze, a teenage mediator who has grown accustomed to ghosts, finds love with deceased Jesse, a 19th‑century figure, and must decide whether to use her powers to change history and save him from death.

When Blossom’s dad leaves for the weekend, the Russo children think it’s a chance for mischief, but tragedy strikes and the family must scramble to cover up chaos before their father returns.

A spoiled, rich, seventeen-year-old girl is mysteriously transported from 2006 Los Angeles back to 1978, where she meets Tyler, a super-smart high school senior who promises to help her return her to 2006 if she will give him some lessons on how to be popular.

When 15‑year‑old Devi Banks receives phone calls from her older self, she learns how to rewrite a heartbreak. In a witty, time‑travel tale set at a high school, she must decide whether fate can truly be altered.

A daring team travels through time to retrieve the legendary Infinityglass, a person trapped in a magical hourglass, in New Orleans where past and present collide.

High‑school freshman Blossom, who can see the future, travels back in time to rescue a 1500‑year‑old Egyptian princess and save a suffragette teacher from losing her job in 1914.

In 1904, fifteen‑year‑old Russell Culver resents school in his Indiana farm town. After his teacher dies, he hopes the school will close, but a new, unconventional teacher—his sister Tansy—keeps the school running and faces Russell’s unruly antics.

A time‑travel adventure that brings a modern crew of kids and their horse, Liberty, straight to the 1775 battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, where they meet historic figures like Paul Revere, George Washington, and Dr. Joseph Warren.

Rush Revere rides again! Saddle up with Rush Limbaugh's really good pal for a new time-travel adventure. "Whoa there, young historians! Before we go rush, rush, rushing off anywhere, I'd like a moment. I'm Liberty, Rush Revere's loquacious equine companion -- his trusty talking horse! Always at the ready to leap from the twenty-first century into America's past, that's me. When he says 'Let's go!' I'm so there. I'm jazzed, I'm psyched, I'm --" "Ah, excuse me, Liberty?" "Yeah, Rush?" "Usually you say 'oh no, not again!' and 'while we're in colonial Boston, can I try the baked beans?'" "Okay, fine -- you do the talking. I'll just be over here, if you need me." Well, he's sulking now, but I couldn't be your tour guide across time without Liberty! His name says it all: the freedom we celebrate every July Fourth with fireworks and hot dogs (and maybe some of those baked beans). But how did America get free? How did thirteen newborn colonies tell the British king where he could stick his unfair taxes? Jump into the bustling streets of Boston in 1765, where talk of revolution is growing louder. I said LOUDER. You'll have to SHOUT to be heard over the angry cries of "Down with the king!" and "Repeal the Stamp Act!" that fill the air. You'll meet fierce supporters of liberty like Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and my idol, Paul Revere, as they fearlessly defy British rule. It's an exciting, dangerous, turbulent, thrilling time to be an American. Exceptional young patriots like you won't want to miss a minute. Let's ride! - Publisher.

Join Rush Revere, a substitute history teacher, on a time‑travel adventure aboard the Mayflower in 1620, meeting the Pilgrims, riding a talking horse named Liberty and learning about early colonial America.

A collection of short stories for young readers, written by American author Richard Peck, including two previously unpublished tales that examine the possibilities of life.

After a devastating flood in Alderson County, the Blossom family navigates the challenges of loss and recovery, finding strength in their unique family dynamics and the support of grandparents.

A young girl named Blossom Culp discovers she can see the unseen, and her hidden gift leads her on a spooky, supernatural adventure that tests her courage and curiosity.