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A chilling middle-grade blend of real-world family upheaval and creeping supernatural dread. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Cemetery Street.

eerie
unsettling
claustrophobic
melancholic

01
Elizabeth and Zenobia
Jessica Miller
A delightfully eerie gothic mystery about a timid girl, her fearless imaginary friend, and the shadows lurking in an old manor.
Shares:
- eerie
- melancholic
- earnest
02
Bad Girls Don't Die
Katie Alender · 2009
A snarky, fast-paced descent into suburban horror where high school angst collides with genuine supernatural dread.
Shares:
- claustrophobic
- tense
03
House Next Door
Richie Tankersley Cusick · 2002
A delightfully eerie blend of vintage teen horror and tragic supernatural romance.
Shares:
- eerie
- earnest
04
The headless Cupid
Zilpha Keatley Snyder · 1971
A spooky, spirited exploration of blended family dynamics wrapped in the eerie allure of the occult.
Shares:
- eerie
- earnest
05
Lily's ghosts
Laura Ruby
A delightfully spooky and sarcastic romp through a haunted seaside house where family secrets are just as restless as the ghosts.
Feels:
- mildly eerie
- quirky
- cozy
06
The ghost sitter
Peni R. Griffin · 2001
A sunlit summer vacation slowly gives way to a gentle, spine-tingling mystery about the ghosts we leave behind.
Shares:
- eerie
- earnest
07
It begins
Richie Tankersley Cusick · 2005
A tense, atmospheric exploration of grief and paranoia where the supernatural bleeds into the real world.
Shares:
- eerie
- melancholic
- earnest
- tense
08
A Cry in the Night
Carol Ellis · 1990
A classic, spooky vacation-house mystery where echoes of a tragic past demand to be heard.
Shares:
- eerie
- earnest
09
The Replacement
Brenna Yovanoff
A grunge-tinged, rust-scented descent into a macabre underworld where monsters and humans bleed together.
Shares:
- eerie
- claustrophobic
- melancholic
10
Graveyard shakes
Laura Terry
A spooky, spirited graphic adventure where the trials of boarding school give way to the eerie magic of a graveyard underworld.
Shares:
- eerie
- earnest
11
Christina's Ghost
Betty Ren Wright · 1987
A delightfully eerie, classic haunted house tale that balances spine-tingling chills with unexpected emotional warmth.
Shares:
- eerie
- earnest
12
The house on the gulf
Margaret Peterson Haddix
A sunny summer housesitting gig slowly unravels into a tense puzzle of sibling suspicion and hidden agendas.
Shares:
- unsettling
- earnest
- tense
- uneasy

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