Books like The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
12 books with a reading profile close to The Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly Black. Practical; an easy read.
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Doll Bones
by Holly Black
Also practical · horror, accessible
Zach, Poppy, and Alice are three longtime friends who spend their afternoons playing an elaborate, ongoing make-believe game involving plastic action figures and a locked cabinet containing a porcelain queen doll.
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Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
horror, accessible
After moving into a Victorian house divided into flats, Coraline Jones discovers a hidden door that leads to a mirror world.
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The Halloween Tree
by Ray Bradbury
horror, accessible
On Halloween night, eight boys dressed in traditional costumes gather to meet their friend Pipkin, only to find him being pulled away by a dark force toward a derelict house.
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The Thief of Always
by Clive Barker
horror, accessible
Ten-year-old Harvey Swick is paralyzed by the doldrums of a gray February until a creature named Rictus beckons him to Holiday House.
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The Hollow Places
Also practical · horror, accessible
Kara, recently divorced and living in her uncle’s museum of curiosities, discovers a hole in a drywall that leads into a concrete bunker and a landscape of endless islands amidst a dark river.
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Anya's Ghost
by Vera Brosgol
horror, accessible
Anya Borzakovskaya is a self-conscious high schooler struggling to fit in while distancing herself from her Russian immigrant roots.
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The Peach Keeper
Also practical · accessible, fantasy
The Peach Keeper tells the story of Willa, whose life is intertwined with a magical peach tree in her family's orchard and the legacy of her grandmother, the Peach Keeper.
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Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
Also practical · accessible, fantasy
When Lady Saren refuses an arranged marriage with the violent Lord Khasar, her father brick her inside a stone tower for seven years.
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
accessible, fantasy
In the Protectorate, the Council of Elders leaves a baby in the forest every year as a sacrifice to appease a misunderstood witch.
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Lost Boy
horror, fantasy
Jamie is the first boy Peter ever brought to the island, serving as his loyal right hand for centuries.
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Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
by Joe Hill
horror, fantasy
In this fifth installment, Tyler and Kinsey Locke use the Timeshift Key to witness the origins of the supernatural conflict surrounding Keyhouse.
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Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom
by Joe Hill
horror, fantasy
Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke continue discovering enchanted keys within the Keyhouse estate, including the Hercules Key for physical strength and the Animal Key, which allows the user to transform into a beast.
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