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    Into the GreyNovel

    Celine Kiernan · standalone novel · 2013

    Horror.

    “Fifteen-year-old Patrick Finnerty races to save his twin brother, Dom, who is being possessed by a ghost.”

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    Give Up the GhostNovel

    Megan Crewe · standalone novel · 2009

    Bittersweet in tone, about friendship and loneliness.

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    The Midnight ClubNovel

    Christopher Pike · standalone novel · 1994

    Horror and literary & general, sad in tone, about friendship.

    “When you think Christopher Pike, you probably think ax murderers, cursed chain letters, and the occasional evil lizard person — and with good reason!”

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    The Year of ShadowsNovel

    Claire Legrand · standalone novel · 2013

    Gothic, about friendship, set in big city.

    “Olivia wants a new life—and it might take ghosts to get it.”

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    A Monster CallsSeries

    series · 2 books · 2011

    Literary & general, set in british isles.

    “A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”

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