👻 Imaginary Friends

Stories where invented companions blur the line between childhood innocence and something darker or more wondrous. These books explore loneliness, creativity, and the unsettling question of what might actually be real.

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

by Michelle Cuevas • 2017

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

4.19

3k+

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend Summary

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend 92%

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

by Michelle Cuevas 2017

4.19

3k+ ratings

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond

Imaginaria

by Kristopher Rodas • 2022

A bullied boy's invisible friend leads him into a dark realm where his wounds become monsters.

4.25

2k+

🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 🌴 Latin American Gothic 🌊 Surreal Nightmare

Imaginaria 89%

A bullied boy's invisible friend leads him into a dark realm where his wounds become monsters.

by Kristopher Rodas 2022

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 🌴 Latin American Gothic 🌊 Surreal Nightmare

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

by Matthew Dicks • 2012

An imaginary friend must rescue his kidnapped creator, knowing the boy's freedom means his own end.

4.14

36k+

👁️ Unusual Narrator ♾️ Autism Representation 🚨 Child Abduction

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend 89%

An imaginary friend must rescue his kidnapped creator, knowing the boy's freedom means his own end.

by Matthew Dicks 2012

4.14

36k+ ratings

👁️ Unusual Narrator ♾️ Autism Representation 🚨 Child Abduction

Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman • 2024

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

3.56

101k+

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror

Incidents Around the House 88%

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

by Josh Malerman 2024

3.56

101k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror

Bedtime Stories for Kids

by Uncle Amon • 2015

Before sleep: a leap among stars, a pirate stowaway, a magic gem, and a cardboard moon rocket.

3.82

22k+

🛏️ Bedtime Stories 🎨 Imaginative Play 🌙 Dream Adventures

Bedtime Stories for Kids 88%

Before sleep: a leap among stars, a pirate stowaway, a magic gem, and a cardboard moon rocket.

by Uncle Amon 2015

3.82

22k+ ratings

🛏️ Bedtime Stories 🎨 Imaginative Play 🌙 Dream Adventures

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend

Violet 88%

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019

3.54

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend

Stanley, Flat Again!

by Jeff Brown • 2003

Stanley Lambchop is flat again. This time, his strangest problem might be someone's only hope.

3.92

3k+

📚 Early Chapter Books 🎈 Absurd Premise 😊 Gently Humorous

Stanley, Flat Again! 87%

Stanley Lambchop is flat again. This time, his strangest problem might be someone's only hope.

by Jeff Brown 2003

3.92

3k+ ratings

📚 Early Chapter Books 🎈 Absurd Premise 😊 Gently Humorous

The BFG

by Roald Dahl • 1982

A girl snatched by a giant learns he's a dream-giver, but his man-eating neighbors aren't.

4.23

532k+

🏠 Orphan Protagonist 🦸 Gentle Giant 🫂 Found Family

The BFG 87%

A girl snatched by a giant learns he's a dream-giver, but his man-eating neighbors aren't.

by Roald Dahl 1982

4.23

532k+ ratings

🏠 Orphan Protagonist 🦸 Gentle Giant 🫂 Found Family

The Bell Between Worlds

by Ian Johnstone • 2013

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

3.77

511

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero

The Bell Between Worlds 87%

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

by Ian Johnstone 2013

3.77

511 ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine • 1993

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

3.85

35k+

🧒 Children'S Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

Night of the Living Dummy 87%

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

by R.L. Stine 1993

3.85

35k+ ratings

🧒 Children'S Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Missing Piece

by Shel Silverstein • 1976

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

4.28

32k+

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Missing Piece 87%

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

by Shel Silverstein 1976

4.28

32k+ ratings

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too

by Jomny Sun • 2017

A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.

4.08

36k+

📖 Illustrated Fable 🛸 Outsider Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Summary

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too 87%

A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.

by Jomny Sun 2017

4.08

36k+ ratings

📖 Illustrated Fable 🛸 Outsider Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

Welcome to Night Vale 87%

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling

It's Hard to Be an Animal

by Robert Isaacs • 2026

A shy New Yorker hears animals speak. Their bitter honesty makes the city feel impossibly cruel.

3.98

321

🐾 Talking Animals 💕 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

It's Hard to Be an Animal 87%

A shy New Yorker hears animals speak. Their bitter honesty makes the city feel impossibly cruel.

by Robert Isaacs 2026

3.98

321 ratings

🐾 Talking Animals 💕 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family

Jellyfish Have No Ears

by Adèle Rosenfeld • 2022

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

3.13

2k+

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters

Jellyfish Have No Ears 86%

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

by Adèle Rosenfeld 2022

3.13

2k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

by Will Wight • 2015

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

4.32

899

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles 86%

Three Territories. One rule: master yourself or the realm will destroy you.

by Will Wight 2015

4.32

899 ratings

🎭 Emotional Suppression 📚 Series Companion 👴 Mentor And Apprentice

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

by Geronimo Stilton • 2000

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

4.19

10k+

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House 86%

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

by Geronimo Stilton 2000

4.19

10k+ ratings

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist

The Lifters

by Dave Eggers • 2018

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

3.61

2k+

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids

The Lifters 86%

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

by Dave Eggers 2018

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids

Furthermore

by Tahereh Mafi • 2016

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

3.89

16k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends

Furthermore 86%

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

by Tahereh Mafi 2016

3.89

16k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story

by Charlie Mackesy • 2022

A lonely boy meets three animals who teach him, over cake and conversation, that he belongs.

4.59

8k+

🎨 Illustrated Fable 🫂 Found Family 🦊 Talking Animals

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story Summary

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - The Animated Story 86%

A lonely boy meets three animals who teach him, over cake and conversation, that he belongs.

by Charlie Mackesy 2022

4.59

8k+ ratings

🎨 Illustrated Fable 🫂 Found Family 🦊 Talking Animals

The House at the Edge of Magic

by Amy Sparkes • 2021

A tiny stolen house grows into a magical prison. The young thief must break its curse.

3.69

5k+

🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏠 Magical House 💛 Found Family

The House at the Edge of Magic 86%

A tiny stolen house grows into a magical prison. The young thief must break its curse.

by Amy Sparkes 2021

3.69

5k+ ratings

🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏠 Magical House 💛 Found Family

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 86%

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Forbidden Library

by Django Wexler • 2014

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

3.83

6k+

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion

The Forbidden Library 86%

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

by Django Wexler 2014

3.83

6k+ ratings

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion

Midnight Howl

by Clare Hutton • 2011

Marisol's new friends in Wolf Valley, Montana, disappear at every full moon.

4.18

2k+

🐺 Werewolf Secret 🏫 New Kid At School 🤫 Friends Keep Secrets

Midnight Howl 86%

Marisol's new friends in Wolf Valley, Montana, disappear at every full moon.

by Clare Hutton 2011

4.18

2k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Secret 🏫 New Kid At School 🤫 Friends Keep Secrets

A Bad Case of Stripes

by David Shannon • 1998

A girl who fears standing out wakes up striped. The cure? Admit she loves lima beans.

4.26

89k+

🪄 Magical Transformation 👥 Peer Pressure 🎨 Whimsical

A Bad Case of Stripes 86%

A girl who fears standing out wakes up striped. The cure? Admit she loves lima beans.

by David Shannon 1998

4.26

89k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Transformation 👥 Peer Pressure 🎨 Whimsical

You Must Not Miss

by Katrina Leno • 2019

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

3.39

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost

You Must Not Miss 86%

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

by Katrina Leno 2019

3.39

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost

The Cat Who Saved Books

by Sōsuke Natsukawa • 2017

A grieving teen follows a talking cat into surreal labyrinths to rescue imprisoned books.

3.71

88k+

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🐱 Talking Animal Guide 🖤 Grieving Protagonist

The Cat Who Saved Books 86%

A grieving teen follows a talking cat into surreal labyrinths to rescue imprisoned books.

by Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017

3.71

88k+ ratings

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🐱 Talking Animal Guide 🖤 Grieving Protagonist

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

by T.J. Klune • 2024

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

4.10

224k+

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children

Somewhere Beyond the Sea 86%

Arthur's island sanctuary for magical children faces an inspection set on tearing his family apart.

by T.J. Klune 2024

4.10

224k+ ratings

😊 Cozy Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Children

Anathema

by Nick Roberts • 2020

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

3.97

5k+

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

Anathema 86%

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

by Nick Roberts 2020

3.97

5k+ ratings

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

Alone

by Cyn Balog • 2017

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend

Alone 86%

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

by Cyn Balog 2017

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum • 1900

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

4.00

516k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 86%

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

by L. Frank Baum 1900

4.00

516k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Baignade interdite

by R.L. Stine • 1994

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

3.55

10k+

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo

Baignade interdite 86%

Something grabbed Billy in the lagoon. His family said seaweed. Then they caught a mermaid.

by R.L. Stine 1994

3.55

10k+ ratings

🦈 Aquatic Horror 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Rescue 👫 Sibling Duo

Shimmer

by Alyson Noel • 2011

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

3.73

8k+

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Shimmer 86%

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

by Alyson Noel 2011

3.73

8k+ ratings

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham

by Robert Kapilow • 1996

A relentless optimist won't stop until a stubborn grump tries the weirdest breakfast.

4.48

138k+

🍽️ Picky Eaters 📜 Rhyming Text 🐣 Early Reader

Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham 86%

A relentless optimist won't stop until a stubborn grump tries the weirdest breakfast.

by Robert Kapilow 1996

4.48

138k+ ratings

🍽️ Picky Eaters 📜 Rhyming Text 🐣 Early Reader

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

by Kelly Barnhill • 2016

A witch feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, igniting a magic too wild to contain.

4.11

116k+

🧹 Benevolent Witch 🌙 Moon Magic 🐉 Tiny Dragon

The Girl Who Drank the Moon 86%

A witch feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, igniting a magic too wild to contain.

by Kelly Barnhill 2016

4.11

116k+ ratings

🧹 Benevolent Witch 🌙 Moon Magic 🐉 Tiny Dragon

Tiddler

by Julia Donaldson • 2008

The smallest fish tells the tallest tales, until a real current sweeps him out to sea.

4.19

3k+

🎣 Tall Tales 🌊 Ocean Adventure 🐠 Undersea World

Tiddler 86%

The smallest fish tells the tallest tales, until a real current sweeps him out to sea.

by Julia Donaldson 2008

4.19

3k+ ratings

🎣 Tall Tales 🌊 Ocean Adventure 🐠 Undersea World

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami • 2023

To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.

3.75

41k+

📚 Surreal Libraries 👤 Shadow Self 👻 Ghostly Mentor

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary

The City and Its Uncertain Walls 86%

To read old dreams in a walled town, he surrenders his shadow. The shadow knows the town is a cage.

by Haruki Murakami 2023

3.75

41k+ ratings

📚 Surreal Libraries 👤 Shadow Self 👻 Ghostly Mentor

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

by Salman Rushdie • 1990

His father's stories vanish. A genie takes him to a moon where tales are water.

3.98

38k+

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🚪 Portal Fantasy 📢 Free Speech Allegory

Haroun and the Sea of Stories 86%

His father's stories vanish. A genie takes him to a moon where tales are water.

by Salman Rushdie 1990

3.98

38k+ ratings

🏰 Allegorical Fantasy 🚪 Portal Fantasy 📢 Free Speech Allegory

Anomaly

by K.A. Emmons • 2020

A foster kid with dangerous powers hides his secret from the family that already wants him gone.

4.06

126

🏠 Foster Care Fiction 🧠 Psychic Powers 👴 Mysterious Mentor

Anomaly 86%

A foster kid with dangerous powers hides his secret from the family that already wants him gone.

by K.A. Emmons 2020

4.06

126 ratings

🏠 Foster Care Fiction 🧠 Psychic Powers 👴 Mysterious Mentor

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman • 2002

Her other mother is perfect, doting, and wants to keep Coraline forever behind sewn-shut eyes.

4.13

788k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👁️ Uncanny Doppelgangers

Coraline 86%

Her other mother is perfect, doting, and wants to keep Coraline forever behind sewn-shut eyes.

by Neil Gaiman 2002

4.13

788k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👁️ Uncanny Doppelgangers

The Waste Lands

by Stephen King • 1991

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

4.25

250k+

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine

The Waste Lands 86%

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

by Stephen King 1991

4.25

250k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine

The Book of Bill

by Alex Hirsch • 2024

A demon's post-defeat memoir: the apocalypse that failed and the twins who ruined it.

4.53

12k+

🦹 Demon Antagonist 🤝 Deal With A Demon 👯 Twin Siblings

The Book of Bill 86%

A demon's post-defeat memoir: the apocalypse that failed and the twins who ruined it.

by Alex Hirsch 2024

4.53

12k+ ratings

🦹 Demon Antagonist 🤝 Deal With A Demon 👯 Twin Siblings

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness • 2011

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

4.34

292k+

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness

A Monster Calls 86%

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

by Patrick Ness 2011

4.34

292k+ ratings

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow

by D.E. Night • 2019

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

4.21

926

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow Summary

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow 86%

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

by D.E. Night 2019

4.21

926 ratings

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One

The Wishing Spell

by Chris Colfer • 2012

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

4.26

161k+

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists

The Wishing Spell 86%

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

by Chris Colfer 2012

4.26

161k+ ratings

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren • 1945

Alone at nine with impossible strength, a monkey, and a horse, Pippi Longstocking answers to nobody.

4.15

210k+

🏠 Eccentric Orphan 💪 Superhuman Strength 😄 Whimsical Humor

Pippi Longstocking 86%

Alone at nine with impossible strength, a monkey, and a horse, Pippi Longstocking answers to nobody.

by Astrid Lindgren 1945

4.15

210k+ ratings

🏠 Eccentric Orphan 💪 Superhuman Strength 😄 Whimsical Humor

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial brings Charlie home, but the derelict pizzeria's mechanical mascots are still alive.

4.07

24k+

🕰️ Nostalgic Horror 🤖 Haunted Machines 👥 Childhood Friends Reunite

The Silver Eyes 86%

A memorial brings Charlie home, but the derelict pizzeria's mechanical mascots are still alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.07

24k+ ratings

🕰️ Nostalgic Horror 🤖 Haunted Machines 👥 Childhood Friends Reunite

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption

The New Girl 86%

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption

The Empty Grave

by Jonathan Stroud • 2017

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

4.62

30k+

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion

The Empty Grave 86%

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

by Jonathan Stroud 2017

4.62

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion

The Language of Ghosts

by Heather Fawcett • 2020

After a coup, three royal siblings on a moving island must stop the eldest from becoming a tyrant.

3.90

1k+

🏝️ Magical Island 📜 Ancient Magic Language 🏛️ Court Intrigue

The Language of Ghosts 86%

After a coup, three royal siblings on a moving island must stop the eldest from becoming a tyrant.

by Heather Fawcett 2020

3.90

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Magical Island 📜 Ancient Magic Language 🏛️ Court Intrigue

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