Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 2): Four More Terrifying Tales

Written by Joel A. Sutherland

Illustrated by Hannah Barrett, Mike Feehan, Maya McKibbin, and Matt Salisbury

Scholastic Canada

978-1-4431-9630-7

144 pp.

Ages 9–12

September 2025 

 

To follow up on Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 1): Four Terrifying Tales (2024), Joel A. Sutherland brings us another four Canadian ghost stories that will thrill, shock, scare, and even delight young readers, especially those who can't get enough horror reading.

 

The first story is "The Bog Wraith," which is illustrated by Maya McKibbon (she illustrated The Song That Called Them Home, 2023). At Pelly River Crossing, Yukon Territory, in 1897, a man leaves his wife and daughter to find gold in the riverbeds of Dawson. When Jerry and his dog Max come across three old-timers, he is warned about crossing the Pelly River because of the muskeg and the ghosts. But when Jerry is forced by a bear to cross, he finds both terror and assistance from spirits trapped there.

From "The Bog Wraith" in Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 2): Four More Terrifying Tales, written by Joel A. Sutherland, illustrated by Maya McKibbin

St. John's artist Mike Feehan illustrates the second story which is titled, "The Etobicoke Poltergeist." Set in 1968 Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto, a family of parents, two young daughters and a baby son is plagued by the ghost of an old woman. The menacing ghost warns the oldest daughter of hardship, sickness, and death. When Dad goes on a strike and the baby is hospitalized, the family brings in a minister to perform and exorcism.

From "The Etobicoke Poltergeist" in Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 2): Four More Terrifying Tales, written by Joel A. Sutherland, illustrated by Mike Feehan

The third story is called, "The Bloody Neck Man" and apparently took place in 1802 in the village of Myrnam, Alberta. Matt Salisbury illustrates the story of two fathers who cannot get along and refuse to let their two children, the daughter of one and the son of the other, associate. The two kids, however, like to help each other, sharing fish they've caught and more. When their two fathers and other men go off to trade furs, the two young people realize they've both had a dream about a man with a bloody neck. Pierre believes it is a fetch i.e., a supernatural double of someone and a bad omen. Soon, Lizzie realizes that dream, and the pool of blood she discovers on the floor, has more to do with their fathers than might be expected.

From "The Bloody Neck Man" in Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 2): Four More Terrifying Tales, written by Joel A. Sutherland, illustrated by Matt Salisbury

"The Doll That Wouldn't Die" is the final story and the most recent, taking place in 1980s Gatineau Hills, Quebec. In this story, illustrated by Hannah Barrett, a family of three moves into their new house, and the very young son Timothy finds a doll. The pregnant mom thinks it's creepy and intends to get rid of it but Timothy, who has been talking to the doll, demands it back. Whether they can destroy the doll or separate the child from it may not be under their control.

From "The Doll That Wouldn't Die" in Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 2): Four More Terrifying Tales, written by Joel A. Sutherland, illustrated by Hannah Barrett

Author Joel A. Sutherland knows how to tell a scary story or five. Just check out his numerous Haunted Canada short story collections (e.g., Haunted Canada: The Second Terrifying Collection) or his middle-grade horror (e.g., The House Next Door). I especially appreciate his highlighting of Canadian ghost stories. In this collection, we travel from Alberta to Ontario, from the Yukon to Quebec. And the stories take us from the time of the fur traders to those seeking their fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as more contemporary stories. Each has their own supernatural element, though all have frightening natures that need to be braved. And the way Joel A. Sutherland tells these stories makes us believe these things could happen to anyone. Shudder.

 

Because each story is different, each illustrator delivers us to a different time and place. Maya McKibbin gives us remote landscape of bogs and forests, while Matt Feehan takes us to the swinging '60s of sideburns, fabric chokers and peasant dresses. Matt Salisbury gives us the remoteness of Alberta when people fished and trapped, and the men travelled far to trade. Finally, Hannah Barrett delivers us to our most contemporary setting and gives us a creepy doll that is an unlucky, cherished moppet and more the kind of nightmares.

 

It doesn't matter that Halloween is just days away. Maybe Halloween will be a great time for sharing these ghost stories, but young readers who appreciate horror will find Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 2): Four More Terrifying Tales a fabulous read anytime. I just might recommend not saving them for a bedtime reading, especially with illustrations that might pervade your sleep and emerge in your nocturnal visions. 

 

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Haunted Canada Graphic Novel, Volume 1: Four Terrifying Tales (2024)

Haunted Canada Graphic Novel, Volume 2: Four More Terrifying Tales (2025) 

Nightmare Jones: Poems

Written by Shannon Bramer

Illustrated by Cindy Derby

Groundwood Books

978-1-77306-946-3

56 pp.

Ages 9–12

October 2025

 

It's the time of year when the frightening and the strange are everywhere, whether in movies and stories, or in costumes and activities. Nightmare Jones will fit in beautifully with this collection of 28 poems which are steeped in darkness and will introduce unease and even reflection.

 

The titular poem, "Nightmare Jones," is about a scary swashbuckler who also dances. Other poems with chilling characters include "Chatterbox" about a collector of teeth, "Ghost in the Mirror," and "If She Was a Monster." And there are spiders and more spiders and insects and worms and more. 

Iridescent Flies and Beetles
of Dung and Doom
are Fools for Blood, come sing
inside me. Sing! Sing! Sing!
Di-dum-di 

(p. 47, from "The Strangest One")

From Nightmare Jones: Poems, written by Shannon Bramer, illustrated by Cindy Derby

Poet Shannon Bramer also writes of the scary things called feelings, whether it be about being lonely as in "Badlonely," that tenuous relationship with home ("The Scariest Word I Know"), or grief  as in "Sorrow." Shannon Bramer may present her poems to shake us up with the images she creates with her eloquent and powerful words, but she also makes us feel things that we might not want to feel. Still, her poems are elegant and sophisticated, and deep in their darkness and weightiness.

From Nightmare Jones: Poems, written by Shannon Bramer, illustrated by Cindy Derby

Several of Shannon Bramer's poems are prose poetry, and these are personal reflections about the moon ("Moon Song"), roses ("Loading Roses"), and a friend ("Button Rose"). Even in these she makes us feel for her insights and incidents.

From Nightmare Jones: Poems, written by Shannon Bramer, illustrated by Cindy Derby

San Francisco's Cindy Derby adds the right touch of ominousness, and she accomplishes this with a blend of powdered graphite, watercolour, gouache, colour burst powder, and pastels. With those mediums, the splattering and bleeding of colours just makes everything a little more unsettled.

 

Maybe you'll want to read these poems for Halloween, or maybe anytime you want a little chill, but Shannon Bramer deserves to have Nightmare Jones read throughout the year. Her words remind me of a deep pool that can be a little scary because of what might lurk beneath the surface, but there's a calm beauty that can be found within as well. I encourage you to take a dip.

Eerie Tales from the School of Screams

Written and illustrated by Graham Annable

First Second

978-1-250-19503-6

368 pp.

Ages 8-13

July 2023

School has never been so scary and it's all courtesy of the scary stories told by the kids in Eerie Tales from the School of Screams. Or is it?

From Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable

As child after child is called to tell their eeriest story, Davis and his sister Emily are far more reluctant. So, Alvin goes first with his story of "The Village That Vanished." His story involves two government officials looking for the village of Wattersburg to collect unpaid taxes. The men end up in a field of sheep where an elderly man finds them and invites them to a lone cabin where he tells them what happened to the 232 people of Wattersburg. It's a story about a town that made a pact with the original amphibious people with whom they trade livestock for fish until an unfortunate accident ruins everything. 

From Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable

After Alvin tells his tale, his classmates critique it before Janine tells her story of "The Face in the Forest." Now told in shades of orange–the classroom scenes are greenish, and Alvin's story was coloured in olive drab–Janine's story focuses on little Luanne who lives with her abusive uncle and aunt since her father died, leaving his lottery winnings to her which would become available on her 18th birthday. One day as she gathers wood, she discovers a head who speaks to her. He doesn't remember much but he helps her locate his limbs and more. Determined to sew him back together, she goes to fetch a needle and thread but is accosted by her aunt and uncle from whom she defends herself. Distraught, she returns to the forest, where she does a good turn for the man with the separate body parts and he in turn for her.

From Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable

Bernie's story, "The Ghastly Ghost Chase", illustrated in red, features some kids, a ghost and a drone, while Emily finally tells her science fiction story, "The Infinite Loop of Lunacy", about an alien breach on a spaceship. Finally, Davis is ready to tell his story "The Door to Demons" which the teacher criticizes for not being fictionalized. The kids find out soon enough how right she is.

From Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable

A cover in black and red generally signals a book of horror to me and Eerie Tales from the School of Screams does deliver on the scariness of horror and the creepiness of monsters, aliens, the unknown and more. But, Graham Annable who has delighted young readers with his graphic novels about sloths Pete & Ernesto, always keeps it light and droll. There's a cheekiness to the individual stories and to the big story in which they are embedded. A head propped up in the woods looking to be reunited with its limbs, a grandfather with wild tufts of hair, and kids chasing a scaredy ghost tone down the revulsion of multi-limbed monsters, amphibious creatures, and body-swapping aliens. And he gives them saucy lines like the head telling Luanne "Don't be a stranger!" (pg. 107), Janine telling Alvin that she's not buying his story (pg. 76), or Poppi declaring "Stupid diabetes" (pg. 282) as he looks at his vegetable snacks. For lovers of scary stories, Graham Annable delivers multiple tales that surprise and chill without being gruesome. And his illustrations match that balance of frightening with entertaining. He keeps the landscapes austere whether it's a space ship, a field, a house or a classroom. The characters, human and not, are the stars, with their clothes boldly coloured compared to the backgrounds and their expressions and actions propelling the stories on. 

Eerie Tales from the School of Screams might become a hit for Halloween but really it's a weirdly fun read for anytime a middle-grade reader might like to be entertained with some fast-paced stories, quirky characters and the very familiar task of getting up in front of a class to tell a story. OK, it's a little different from most classroom activities but you'll only know how very different when you read the book. Do read it. It's worth the spine tingles.

The Gnawer of Rocks

Written by Louise Flaherty

Illustrated by Jim Nelson

Inhabit Media

978-1-77227-165-2

60 pp.

Ages 9-14

October 2017

Author Louise Flaherty prefaces the telling of her story with its origins, the storytelling tradition of an Inuk storyteller Levi Iqalugjuaq who would visit their school in the 1970s.  This legend was one of many he told the students.

From The Gnawer of Rocks 

by Louise Flaherty 

illus. by Jim Nelson

As an Inuit camp prepares to pack up for the trek to its winter grounds, two girls, with babies in their care, go off for a walk, to soothe the children.  As they walk, they find beautiful smooth stones, and even lovelier ones as they continue, until they are lead to the mouth of a cave strewn with bones.  Drawn to the shinier stones within, the girls and their charges become trapped when the cave slams behind them.  Forced to enter further, they are horrified to discover a cache of human heads and bones which they suspect are those of missing children. One of the heads warns them that they are in the dwelling of Mangittatuarjuk and to escape by digging through the gravel walls but the warning comes too late as the hideous creature crawls out of the shadows.

From The Gnawer of Rocks 

by Louise Flaherty 

illus. by Jim Nelson

The old woman with extraordinarily long arms blocks their way but one of the girls taunts her to show them her strength, challenging her to bite down on a stone. Whilst Mangittatuarjuk attempts to gnaw at the rock, the other girl uses a bone to dig through the wall, ultimately allowing the girls to escape.  Returning to camp with their news, the hunters set out to kill the creature to ensure the safety of all their children.  Mangittatuarjuk is called forth from her cave, the men claiming they have come to honour her.  Tending to her feet, one of the hunters ties a rope around one so that their dogs could drag her from the cave entrance and across the sharp rocks to kill her.  Only after hours does the creature die of her injuries, at which time the hunters cut up her body so that her spirit could not return to life.

Louise Flaherty honours the storytelling tradition of her parents, grandparents and ancestors with this telling of Mangittatuarjuk, The Gnawer of Rocks.  This legend, like all, is rife with cautions to children who might stray too far, as well as honouring those who rise to the challenge of protecting children.  Inuit legends abound with scary creatures like Mangittatuarjuk and are told in such a way that one might never question their veracity.  Somewhere someone knows whose ancestor was one of the hunters or the girls, and it is just repeat tellings of the story that makes it sound more incredible.  American artist Jim Nelson's shadow-rich graphics convey the cold of that Arctic landscape and the gloom and blackness of the creature's cave and force.  Coupled with the graphic novel format, the illustrations support the grisly story's premise while advancing the story at a brisk pace.

True or not, The Gnawer of Rocks is splendid storytelling, horrific in its content but wise in its consul.

From The Gnawer of Rocks 

by Louise Flaherty 

illus. by Jim Nelson

Spirited Away: Fairy Stories of Old Newfoundland

Written by Tom Dawe

Illustrated by Veselina Tomova

Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides Inc.

978-1-927917-13-8

60 pp.

Ages 9+

October 2017

If the cover of Spirited Away leaves you with a feeling of dark and foreboding forces at play, then artist Veselina Tomova has done her job admirably because the stories that Tom Dawe recounts from family members and others about the nefarious fairies of old Newfoundland are truly spooky and frightening, if they are to be believed.  Tom Dawe and those who tell and listen believe, and so do I.

From Spirited Away 

by Tom Dawe

 illus. by Veselina Tomova

Nine stories, addended with a glossary and notes about each story's derivation, recall stories of children, a war bride, a visiting nurse, grandmothers and more as they were touched by fairies or were witness to such encounters.  In the first story In a Place Like This, a girl recalls an abandoned house near a pool where her grandfather gathered eels.  She'd heard the warnings of it being a place of spirits and evil fairies and the tales of a man in green dancing upon the house's door ledge.  But her story relates to evil done to the baby sister she watched over as her family cut hay in the adjacent fields.  Only the baby and a green butterfly know how her arm was broken as she lay on a blanket.

Paddy the Hermit, called the Music Man, often told scary stories but they became reality when walking home he is encircled by a group of little fairies who put a spell on him to play his harmonica until he collapses.

From Spirited Away 

by Tom Dawe

 illus. by Veselina Tomova

In several stories, people seek shelter inside at night when fairies seek to harm them outside.  In The Marsh, floating lights, said to portend death, follow two young men on their return from a dance.  Only shelter in a church all night with the light hoovering outside kept the men safe. Where Water Ran the Other Way tells of trapper Solomon finds refuge in a small cabin when caught at dusk.  Though feeling compelled to open the door to those calling him, he wills himself not to listen or look out the windows at the strange goings-on.

There's the story of The Fairy Funeral, Bones and Fallen Angels (from which the cover illustration is derived)  but the other two most compelling stories for me were Spirited Away and The Changeling.  In Spirited Away, a grandmother disappears from a family outing of blueberry-picking.  She recalls being lured deep into the forest by drumming and hours later being found but without memory of her extraordinary walk including the crossing of major rivers. The Changeling is perhaps the most disturbing.  It is the story of a visiting nurse called in the night to the home where less than two months earlier little Gracie was born.  Fearing the only child of John and Sally was ill, she discovers a mother declaring that there was something in the crib but not her child.

Finally, I found the courage to approach the crib. I pulled back the sheet.  And then, God protect us all! I'll never forget the sight. (pg. 46)

It's a chilling story of fairies taking babies and leaving something in its place but it's the certainty of what that nurse saw that was the most compelling.

I know what I saw.  And I know what happened.  John and Sally lost their only child. And that night in an outport years ago, I witnessed an evil transformation.  Something ugly and strange was left in the cot where Gracie was supposed to be. (pg. 49)

Tom Dawe tells some disturbing stories in Spirited Away, enhancing the atmosphere with the flavour of Newfoundland and coastal Labrador.  From the music to blueberry picking and the vocabulary much unknown to me (you may not need to look up duckish, emper, fetch, livyers and herts but I did), these are the stories of the people of Newfoundland.  Veselina Tomova's woodcut illustrations, in dark tones and snatches of light, reflect the very settings in which the fairies appear.  These are not your Disney fairies.  These are frightening, and Tom Dawe ensures that we know that they are real.

From Spirited Away 

by Tom Dawe 

illus. by Veselina Tomova

Spooky youngCanLit Reads for Halloween

Whether you're looking for a funny Halloween read for your youngest readers (or listeners), historical reads with an edge, a frightening young adult novel, or some true ghost stories, this list of youngCanLit reads has something for everyone. And, while I couldn't include everything, there are several authors whom I would recommend for anything spooky: L. M. Falcone (for a middle-grade fun read); Arthur Slade (for a middle-grade evil); Kelley Armstrong, the queen of queasy (for young adult); and Alyxandra Harvey, who rocks YA vampires. Take your pick!


PICTURE BOOKS

Black and Bittern Was Night
Written by Robert Heidbreder
Illustrated by John Martz
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 5-8
2013

Boo!
Written by Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages+
2004

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch 

Written by Megan Faulkner

Photographs by Adam Krawesky
Scholastic Canada
30 pp.
Ages 6-10

2006

Franklin's Halloween
Written by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 5-8
1996

Ghost Train
Written by Paul Yee

Illustrated by Harvey Chan
Groundwood Books
Ages 8-12

1996

The Haunted House That Jack Built
Written by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by David Parkins
Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2010

Omar’s Halloween
Written and illustrated by Maryann Kovalski
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
32 pp.
Ages 2-6
2006

Pumpkin Orange, Pumpkin Round
Written by Rosanna Battigelli
Illustrated by Tara Anderson
Pajama Press
24 pp.
Ages 3-6
2019

Pumpkin People 

Written by Sandra Lightburn

Illustrated by Ron Lightburn
Nimbus
32 pp.

Ages 5-8

2008

Pup and Hound Scare a Ghost 
Written by Susan Hood

Illustrated by Linda Hendry
Kids Can Press
32 pp.

Ages 4-6

2007

What There is Before There is Anything There
Written and illustrated by Liniers
Translated by Elisa Amado
Groundwood Books
24 pp.
Ages 4-7
2014

CHAPTER BOOKS

Breath of a Ghost
Written by Anita Horrocks
Stoddart
195 pp.
Ages 9-12
1996

The Dead Kid Detective Agency

Written by Evan Munday
ECW Press
320 pp.
Ages 8-13
2011

The Devil, the Banshee and Me
Written by L. M. Falcone
Kids Can Press
192 pp.
Ages 9-12
2006

Dial "M" for Morna
Written by Evan Munday
ECW Press
296 pp.
Ages 8-13
2013

The Elevator Ghost
Written by Glen Huser
Illustrations by Stacy Innerst
Groundwood Books
168 pp.
Ages 7-12
2014

Five Days of the Ghost

Written by William Bell
Stoddart
196 pp.
Ages 10+

1989

Fred's Halloween Adventure
Written by Marie-Danielle Croteau
Illustrated by Bruno St-Aubin
Translated by Sarah Cummins
Formac
62 pp.
Ages 6-9
2002

The Ghost Horse of Meadow Green

Written by Anne Louise MacDonald

Kids Can Press

207 pp.

Ages 10-14

2005

Ghost Hotel (Arthur Slade's Canadian Chills series) 

Written by Arthur Slade
Coteau Books
134 pp.
Ages 9-13

2004

The Proof that Ghosts Exist (The Ghosthunters, Book 1)

Written by Carol Matas and Percy Nodelman
Key Porter
216 pp.
Ages 8-13
2008

The Curse of the Evening Eye (The Ghosthunters, Book 2)
Written by Carol Matas and Percy Nodelman
Key Porter
248 pp.
Ages 8-13
2009

The Hunt for the Haunted Elephant (The Ghosthunters, Book 3)

Written by Carol Matas and Percy Nodelman
Key Porter
272 pp.

Ages 8-13

2010

The Ghost and Max Munroe: Case #1 The Magic Box
Written by L. M. Falcone
Illustrated by Kim Smith
Kids Can Press
88 pp.
Ages 7-11
2014

Ghost Messages

Written by Jacqueline Guest
Coteau Books
184 pp.

Ages 9-12

2011

Ghosts of Government House

Written by Judith Silverthorne
Your Nickels Worth Publishing
114 pp.

Ages 9-12

2011

Ghost of Heroes Past
Written by Charles Reid
Ronsdale Press
168 pp.
Ages 10-14
2010

The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor (A Tom and Liz Austen Mystery)
Written by Eric Wilson
HarperCollins
109 pp.
Ages 9-11
1981/2003 

The Ghost of Northumberland Strait
Written by Lori Knutson
Dundurn
152 pp.
Ages 7-11
2008

The Ghost of Ramshaw Castle
Written by Robert Sutherland
Scholastic Canada
171 pp.
Ages 9-14
1990

The Ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owl series)
Written by Roy MacGregor
McClelland & Stewart
118 pp.
Ages 9-13
2000

Ghost Ride
Written by Marina Cohen
Dundurn
172 pp.

Ages 11-13

2009

Ghosts of the Pacific
Written by Philip Roy
Ronsdale Press
251 pp.
Ages 11-14
2011

Ghosts of the Titanic
Written by Julie Lawson
Scholastic Canada
193 pp.

Ages 9-12

2011

Ghost Voyages
Written by Cora Taylor
Coteau Books
120 pp.
Ages 8-12
2003

Ghost Voyages II: The Matthew
Written by Cora Taylor
Coteau Books
112 pp.
Ages 8-12

2002

Ghost Voyages III: Endeavour and Resolution

Written by Cora Taylor

Coteau Books

176 pp.

Ages 8-12

2004

Ghost Voyages IV: Champlain and Cartier

Written by Cora Taylor

Coteau Books

128 pp.

Ages 8-12

2009

The Ghouls' Night Out
Written by Janice MacDonald

Illustrated by Pamela Breeze Currie
Ronsdale Press
49 pp.
Ages 7-9

1998

The Graveyard Hounds 
Written by Vi Hughes
Illustrated by Christina Leist
Tradewind Books
167 pp.
Ages 9-11
2008

Greysteel's Ghost
Written by Robert Sutherland
HarperTrophy Canada
176 pp.
Ages 8-13
2005

Haunted
Written by Barbara Haworth Attard
HarperCollins
273 pp.
Ages 10+
2009

The Haunting of Heck House (The Wiggins Weird, Book 2)
Written by Lesley Livingston and Jonathan LLyr
Puffin Canada
280 pp.
Ages 8-12
2014

The Improbable Party on Plum Lane (Babysitter Out of Control Series, Book 3)
Written by Margaret J. McMaster
Mansbridge Dunn Publishers
53 pp.
Ages 7-9
2011

Invasion of the IQ Snatchers (Arthur Slade's Canadian Chills)

Written by Arthur Slade

Coteau Books

Ages 9-13

120 pp.
2007

The Midnight Curse

Written by L. M. Falcone

Kids Can Press

208 pp.

Ages 8-12

2010

Never to be Told

Written by Becky Citra

Orca Book Publishers

217 pp.

Ages 9-12

2006

The Night Gardener
Written by Jonathan Auxier
Puffin
384 pp.
Ages 10+
2014

Northern Frights Trilogy

Written by Arthur Slade

HarperTrophy

352 pp.

Ages 10+

2014

Includes the original three books: Draugr, The Haunting of Drang Island and Loki Wolf

The Path of Trees
Written by Ari Goelman
Arthur E. Levine/Scholastic
399 pp.
Ages 10-12
2013

Return of the Grudstone Ghosts (Canadian Chills)

Written by Arthur Slade
Coteau Books
119 pp.
Ages 9-12

2002

The Secret of Grim Hill
Written by Linda DeMeulemeester
Lobster Press
187 pp.

Ages 9-13

2007

Shades: Tales of Fear and Wonder

Written by Arthur Slade
Dava Enterprises
79 pp.
Ages 11+
2011

Small Medium at Large
Written by Joanne Levy
Bloomsbury Children's Books
193 pp.
Ages 9-13
2012

That One Spooky Night
Written by Dan Bar-el
Illustrated by David Huyck
Kids Can Press
80 pp.
Ages 7-10
2012

The Unseen: Scary Stories

Written by Janet Lunn
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
171 pp.
Ages 9-14
1996

Walking with the Dead
Written by L. M. Falcone
Kids Can Press
200 pp.
Ages 9-12
2005

Zombiekins
Written by Kevin Bolger

Illustrated by Aaron Blecha
Razorbill 

206 pp.

Ages 8-11

2010

YOUNG ADULT

Beyond: A Ghost Story
Written by Graham McNamee
Wendy Lamb Books /Random House Canada
226 pp.
Ages 14-17
2012

The Summoning
Written by Kelley Armstrong
Doubleday
400 pp.
Ages 12+
2008

The Awakening
Written by Kelley Armstrong
Doubleday
368 pp.
Age 12+
2009

The Reckoning
Written by Kelley Armstrong
Doubleday
400 pp.
Ages 12+
2011

The Geomancer's Compass

Written by Melissa Hardy

Tundra Books

254 pp.

Ages 11-15

2012

Give Up the Ghost
Written by Megan Crewe
Henry Holt and Co. / H. B. Fenn
244 pp.
Ages 12-15
2009

Guardian

Written by Natasha Deen

Great Plains Teen Fiction

192 pp.

Ages 13+

2014

Haunted
Written by Barbara Haworth-Attard
HarperTrophy
288 pp.
Ages 12+
2009

Haunting Violet
Written by Alyxandra Harvey
Bloomsbury
352 pp.
Ages 12+
2012

The Horrors: Terrifying Tales: Book One
ed. by Peter Carver
Red Deer Press
184 pp.
Ages 13+

2005

The Horrors: Terrifying Tales: Book Two
ed. by Peter Carver
Red Deer Press
207 pp.
Ages 12+

2006

The Prank (Nate’s Journal)
Written by K.E. Calder
Vanwell
93 pp.
Ages 10-13
2003

The Serpent’s Spell
Written by Rae Bridgman
Great Plains
190 pp.
Ages 10-14
2006

Someone Else's Ghost

Written by Margaret Buffie

Scholastic

227 pp.

Ages 12+

1995

This Dark Endeavour (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein)
Written by Kenneth Oppel
HarperTrophy Canada
304 pp.
Ages 12+
2011

Such Wicked Intent (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Book 2)
Written by Kenneth Oppel
HarperTrophy Canada
320 pp.
Ages 12+
2012

This is Not a Test
Written by Courtney Summers

St. Martin's Griffin
326 pp.
Ages 13+
2012

NON-FICTION

100% Pure Fake
Written by Lyn Thomas
Kid Can Press
48 pp.
Ages 8-12

2009

Are You Afraid Yet?: The Science of Scary Stuff
Written by Stephen James O'Meara
Illustrated by Jeremy Kaposy
Kids Can Press
80 pp.
Ages 8-12
2009

Canadian Hauntings: A Haunted Canada Book
Written by Beth Scott and Michael Norman
Scholastic Canada
136 pp.
Ages 9-13
2009

Ghost Trackers: The Unreal World of Ghosts, Ghost-Hunting, and the Paranormal
Written by Chris Gudgeon
Tundra
75 pp.
Ages 10-13

2010

Ghosts of the World: True Tales of Ghostly Hauntings
Written by Susan Smitten
Lone Pine Publishing
232 pp.

Ages 13+

2006

Gotcha! Mystery Hunters: 18 Amazing Ways to Freak Out Your Friends
Written by David Acer
Illustrated by Stephen MacEachern
Kids Can Press
48 pp.
Ages 8-12
2008

Grim and Ghostly Stories: A Haunted Canada Book
Written by Pat Hancock and Allan Gould
Scholastic Canada
136 pp.
Ages 8-13
2006

Haunted Canada: True Ghost Stories
Written by Pat Hancock
Scholastic Canada
106 pp.
Ages 9-12
2003

Haunted Canada 2: True Tales of Terror
Written by Pat Hancock
Scholastic Canada
114 pp.
Ages 9-12

2005

Haunted Canada 3: More Ghost Stories
Written by Pat Hancock
Scholastic Canada 
128 pp.
Ages 9-12
2007

Haunted Canada 4: More True Tales of Terror
Written by Joel Sutherland
Scholastic Canada
128 pp.
Ages 9-12
2014

Haunted Canada: Ghost Stories
Written by Pat Hancock and Allan Gould
Illustrated by Andrej Krystoforski
Scholastic Canada
172 pp.
Ages 8-13
2014

Scary Science: 24 Creepy Experiments
Written by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone
Illustrated by Ashley Spires
Scholastic Canada
48 pp.
Ages 8-13
2010

Strange and Spooky Stories: A Haunted Canada Book
Written by Pat Hancock
Scholastic Canada
128 pp.
Ages 8-13
2005

The Unexplained: A Haunted Canada Anthology
ed. by Janet Lunn
Scholastic Canada
160 pp.
Ages 9-13
2008

And my apologies for some inconsistency in the fonts and size.  Seems I have my own little cyber-ghost that keeps altering my font no matter how many times I clear the formatting.  

Happy Halloween!