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    Halloween Books for Kids Ages 7-10

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze1 Min Read Ages 4-8 Ages 9-12 Book Lists Books with Boy Characters Chapter Books Fantasy: Supernatural Fiction Halloween Books Reluctant Readers Seasonal: Holiday Books
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    The Children’s Book Review
    Published: October 8, 2013

    Books For Halloween & Beyond

    If reading is in your child’s blood, and even if it isn’t, he will be frightfully excited to bite into these entertainingly creepy chapter books.

    Scary School The Northern FrightsScary School #3: The Northern Frights

    By Derek the Ghost

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    Hardcover: 272 pages

    Publisher: HarperCollins (June 25, 2013)

    ISBN-13: 978-0061960987

    Lockwood-and-Co-The-Sccreaming-StaircaseLockwood & Co. The Screaming Staircase 

    By Jonathan Stroud

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    Hardcover: 400 pages

    Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (September 17, 2013)

    ISBN-13: 978-1423164913

    Its-Halloween_im-Turning-GreenMy Weird School Special: It’s Halloween, I’m Turning Green

    By Dan Gutman

    Age Range: 6 – 10 years

    Paperback: 144 pages

    Publisher: HarperCollins (July 23, 2013)

    ISBN-13: 978-0062206794

    Ghost-Detections-Let-the-Specter-Detecting-BeginGhost Detectors Volume 1: Let the Specter-Detecting Begin 

    By Dotti Enderle

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    Paperback: 192 pages

    Publisher: Scarletta Junior Readers (September 3, 2013)

    ISBN-13: 978-1938063282

    The School for Good and EvilThe School for Good and Evil

    By Soman Chainani

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    Hardcover: 496 pages

    Publisher: HarperCollins (May 14, 2013)

    ISBN-13: 978-0062104892

    What to Read Next:

    1. 13 Frightfully Good Kids Books for Halloween and Beyond
    2. Kids’ Halloween Books: Cats, Bats, & Skeletons
    3. When Bad Things Happen to Good Characters
    4. Halloween Picture Books

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    Dan Gutman Derek The Ghost Dotti Enderle Ghost Detectors Ghosts Halloween Halloween Books Jonathan Stroud Lockwood & Co. My Weird School Scary School Soman Chainani Spooky
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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

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    1. Cindy on August 14, 2014 8:31 pm

      “The Magical World of Sebella: Legend of Halloween’ is a great chapter book for young readers. Filled with adventure, imagination and magic.

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