Welcome to Butler Bookshelf’s mid-October spectre-cale! This week, we have collected a handful of spooky titles rife with ghosts and illusions. Ideal for elementary school readers, step into the world of The Nightmare Thief . Sisters Maren and Hallie work in their family’s dream shop. When Hallie gets into an accident that puts her in a coma, Maren breaks one of their most explicit rules: she slips Hallie a flying dream. A mysterious customer notices what Maren did, and blackmails her into creating nightmares. As the scheme gets more and more elaborate, Maren must make a choice: protect her town from the magic, or protect the magic itself. For more spectre-tacular titles, see the list below!

This Book Can Read Your Mind
Written by Susannah Lloyd
Illustrated by Jacob Grant
Published by Francis Lincoln Children’s Books
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No Place for Monsters: School of Phantoms
Written by Kory Merritt
Published by Clarion Books
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William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Adapted by Georghia Ellinas
Illustrated by Jane Ray
Published by Candlewick
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Ferryman
Written by Claire McFall
Published by Walker Books US
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The Nightmare Thief
Written by Nicole Lesperance
Illustrated by Federica Fenna
Published by Sourcebooks Young Readers
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Curse of the Divine
Written by Kim Smejkal
Published by Clarion Books
Available Now!