by Sollace Hotze
Acquainted with the Night
Published 1992 by Clarion Books
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by Gary Soto
The Afterlife
Published 2005 by Harcourt Paperbacks
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A young man is murdered, but that's just when his life becomes interesting as he finally sees that people love him. He then faces the consequences of his actions and even stumbles on what may be true love.

by Beth Goobie
Before Wings
Published 2001 by Orca Book Publishers
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In Adrien, Beth Goobie has created a memorable character-intelligent, strong, irreverent, stubborn, funny, independent, fragile -- who learns to confront the reality of her own death and to "believe" in life.

by Jacqueline Woodson
Behind You
Published 2006 by Puffin Books
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This beautiful sequel to "If You Come Softly" explores the experiences of those left behind after tragedy. It is a novel in which through hope, understanding and love, healing begins.

by Shelley Sykes
For Mike
Published 2000 by Laurel-Leaf Books
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by Elaine Marie Alphin
Ghost Soldier
Published 2001 by Henry Holt & Company
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"The ghost of a young soldier from the Civil War haunts a troubled teen."

""I sat up. The jagged trenches were only soft grassy depressions in the sunny battlefield park. I felt tears burn my eyes, the relief was so strong, and then the misery of losing the ghost hit me.""

Alexander has the ability to see ghosts. But it's been several years since his last encounter. When he reluctantly joins his father on a long trip away from home, a surprise awaits him. In the unfamiliar territory of North Carolina, Alexander is confronted by the ghost of a young soldier who lost his life in the Civil War. As an unusual friendship develops between the two, Alexander is drawn into a new reality where he comes face to face with the haunting past of his soldier friend. But can Alexander help this troubled ghost, and can he, finally, come to terms with his own disturbing past? With deftness and insight, Elaine Marie Alphin tells a gripping story that weaves the supernatural with the historical. Ghost story fans and Civil War buffs alike are in for a real treat.

by Lael Littke
Haunted Sister
Published 1998 by Henry Holt & Company
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When sixteen-year-old Janine Palmer wakes up from the long coma she had been in since a horrible auto accident, she discovers that she hasn't come back alone. There's a voice in Janine's head claiming to be the ghost of Lenore, Janine's twin sister, who drowned 12 years earlier. Lenore blames her own death on Janine and is determined to live again in her sister's body. Now the two girls must vie for one body. Can Janine be sure that her twin is really inside her head, or is she simply going insane?

by Joan Lowery Nixon
The Haunting
Published 2000 by Laurel-Leaf Books
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The walls whisper. The ceilings shriek. No one can survive a night of terror inside Graymoss. The old plantation house has been in Lia's family since the Civil War, but it's been possessed for generations by a malicious spirit, and Lia's family has always stayed far away.

Now her parents have decided to move into Graymoss, and Lia must either change their minds or chase away the horror lurking inside the old house. Using clues from her great-great-great-grandmother's diary and an old copy of Favorite Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Lia must discover what -- or who -- the evil wants.

by Maggie Prince
The House on Hound Hill
Published 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Something is not right in Emily"s new house in the historic London neighborhood of Hound Hill. And something is not quite right with Emily. Encountering hints to her home"s haunted past, she begins to experience distressing symptoms: a headache, a fever, extreme thirst, hallucinations, and, then, a doorway to an earlier period of great distress. Readers will be swept away in this riveting and suspenseful tale that vividly reveals the great suffering of the Black Death, a disease that killed almost a quarter of the population of London.

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Jade Green: A Ghost Story
Published 2001 by Simon Pulse
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, best known for her humorous "Alice" series and the award-winning "Shiloh", dishes up a gothic tale with all the trimmings: a brave, orphaned heroine, a dark and dreary manor, a hunky savior, a dastardly villain, and a ghostly severed hand that holds the secret to Jade Green's untimely demise.