Augustine home also manages to be funny and sweet. Despite the creepy themes, this story of friends, Lucely and Syd, who accidentally awaken evil spirits in their St. Ortega's ghost story draws upon Dominican mythology. MORE: Scary and Not-So-Scary Halloween Novels for Children Two Irish siblings, trusty Molly and courageous Kip meet the Night Gardener and become embroiled int the strange, creepy curse that envelops the place. The Night Gardener is a malevolent spirit that haunts the grounds of an old English manor house. It will be much too scary for sensitive children. This book oozes atmosphere will remind you of a good Victorian gothic novel. I did like the Lowry included a glossary and a bibliography, written in the same gothic style as the rest of the novel. I enjoyed this novel, but the rather wicked and irreverent and quirky humor is not for every child. When their unpleasant parents go off on a world trip, the siblings are left with a not-so-odious-after-all nanny and end up being semi-adopted by their lonely neighbor who has taken in a baby found on his doorstep. Do your kid like literacy references and tongue-in-cheek, melodramatic humor? Fans of Lemony Snicket will enjoy this tale of four children, Tim, Barnaby A, Barnaby B, and Jane who fancy themselves to be "old-fashioned" in the vein of book heroes and heroines. The ghosts ask for the boys' help in solving the mystery of why they are trapped in the house. ( I threw that last one in there to spark your curiosity.) Three friends are working on a summer project when they are lured to the haunted orphanage inhabited by a gaggle of ghost-children. While it doesn't have a typical gothic-style narrative voice, it has several key elements of the gothic novel, including an abandoned orphanage that looks "just like a haunted house," long-lost relatives, disinherited children, mysterious pasts and women with three eyebrows. Uhrig's enjoyable and amusing story of three boys and their encounters with ghosts is among the least scary on this list. Full of suspense and intrigue! (Known as The Ghost of Gosswater in the UK) Ages 9 and up. Agatha is determined to find out the truth about her family history with the help of her friend, Bryn. When 12-year-old Agatha's father dies, she is booted from the Gosswater estate and sent to live with her newly revealed biological father who is a farmer and stonemason. This gothic children's novel has it all! There's the huge English estate, the death of a father that reveals a secret paternity, an evil cousin, a missing priceless family heirloom known as the "Queen's Stone," a blind midwife who holds the secret, and of course the wonderful, eerie atmosphere. THE GHOST OF MIDNIGHT LAKE by Lucy Strange Two cousins persevere against all odds when they are thrown under the protection of rather sinister guardian with the Dickensian name of Mrs. It takes an ultra talented author like Joan Aiken to turn what could easily be a predictable, gothic plot into an exciting, suspenseful tale. I loved this classic book as a child, and as an adult I love the alliterative title. THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE (series) by Joan Aiken Bookshop supports independent booksellers. Note: this post contains affiliate links to Amazon and Bookshop that may earn commission. So dim the lights, get out the candelabras, grab something to hold on to, and crack open the spines of one of these fantastical and whimsical gothic novels for kids. When you think "gothic literature" you probably think of 19th century British literature like Jane Eyre, The Woman in White, Oliver Twist, or perhaps American authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, and Washington Irving.
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