Betty Ren Wright Books In Order

Secret Window Books In Order

  1. The Secret Window (1982)
  2. A Ghost in the Window (1987)

Novels

  1. Getting Rid of Marjorie (1981)
  2. The Dollhouse Murders (1982)
  3. Christina’s Ghost (1983)
  4. Ghosts Beneath Our Feet (1984)
  5. The Summer of Mrs. MacGregor (1986)
  6. The Pike River Phantom (1988)
  7. Rosie and the Dance of the Dinosaurs (1989)
  8. The Ghost of Ernie P. (1990)
  9. The Midnight Mystery (1991)
  10. The Scariest Night (1991)
  11. A Ghost in the House (1991)
  12. The Ghost of Popcorn Hill (1993)
  13. The Ghosts of Mercy Manor (1993)
  14. The Ghost Witch (1993)
  15. The Ghost Comes Calling (1994)
  16. Out of the Dark (1995)
  17. Nothing But Trouble (1995)
  18. Haunted Summer (1996)
  19. Getting Rid of Katherine (1996)
  20. Too Many Secrets (1997)
  21. The Ghost in Room 11 (1998)
  22. A Ghost in the Family (1998)
  23. The Phantom of Five Chimneys (1998)
  24. The Moonlight Man (2000)
  25. The Wish Master (2000)
  26. Crandall’s Castle (2003)
  27. Princess for a Week (2006)

Picture Books

  1. I Want to Read (1965)
  2. Roger’s Upside-Down Day (1979)
  3. I Like Being Alone (1981)
  4. The Time Machine (1981)
  5. Pet Detectives (1999)
  6. The Blizzard (2003)

Secret Window Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Picture Books Book Covers

Betty Ren Wright Books Overview

The Secret Window

Meg is afraid to tell anyone when her dreams literally start coming true, but she needs help before she can learn to use her gift of seeing into the future.

The Dollhouse Murders

Best selling author Betty Ren Wright earned eight state awards for this middle grade mystery about a murder kept secret in a dollhouse. Amy is terrified. She hears scratching and scurrying noises coming from the dollhouse, and the dolls she was playing with are not where she left them. Dolls can’t move by themselves, she tells herself. But every night when Amy goes into the attic to check on the dollhouse, it is filled with an eerie light and the dolls have moved again! Are the dolls trying to tell her something? Are their movements connected to grisly murders of her own great grandparents?

Christina’s Ghost

Christina is not looking forward to spending the summer with Uncle Ralph. She dreads the long days in the spooky, isolated Victorian mansion especially because Uncle Ralph dislikes her and there are no childen nearby to play with. Things change, however, when she sees the ghostly figure of a small, sad boy who mysteriously disappears before she can talk to him. Convinced that he’s a ghost, Christina sets out to discover why he’s there. Could he be linked to the murders that happened in the house thirty years before? And what evil, chilling presence is lurking in the attic? Betty Ren Wright adroitly combines a suspenseful tale fo the supernatural with the touching story of two very different people who learn to like each other.

Ghosts Beneath Our Feet

Anticipating a summer vacation of new friends and new places to explore, Katie becomes alarmed when the town seems to be deserted except for a handful of hostile kids, and the house she stays in appears to be haunted. AB.

The Summer of Mrs. MacGregor

Torn between devotion for and jealousy of her beautiful and much admired invalid sister, twelve year old Caroline’s drab self image begins to change when she meets the glamorous Lillina MacGregor who makes her feel important.

A Ghost in the House

Adjusting to her new home, Sarah Prescott notices strange occurrences when her creepy great aunt moves in, such as rooms turning suddenly cold, lights turning on and off by themselves, and footsteps passing overhead. K. AB.

The Ghost of Popcorn Hill

Peter and Martin try to deal with their frisky new dog, Rosie, and with two lonely ghosts, one of whom is the ghost of a lovable sheepdog. By the author of The Dollhouse Murders.

Getting Rid of Katherine

Eleven year old Emily invents a variety of schemes to get rid of her new step grandmother since she poses a threat to Emily’s close relationship to her grandfather.

Too Many Secrets

Chad is thrilled to take care of Miss Beane’s dog, Benson, while she s in the hospital. But Chad and his friend Jeannie get more than they bargained for when they hear footsteps in Miss Beane s house and find it ransacked. They take the investigation into their own hands but what they find out could be shocking!

The Ghost in Room 11

When his family moves to a small town near Milwaukee, Matt’s efforts to fit into his new fourth grade class are complicated by his poor spelling and his encounter with the ghost of one of the school’s former teachers.

A Ghost in the Family

When Chad’s friend Jeannie invites him to visit her eccentric aunt, he soon finds he s in for more than a vacation Aunt Rosebud runs a boarding house full of some really weird characters! As soon as Chad and Jeannie arrive, bizarre things start happening. Chad s toothbrush floats around his room, a frightening mummy appears and disappears, and a panther leaps out of his closet. Chad desperately wants to go home, but he knows his father will never believe what is happening

The Moonlight Man

Since their mother died, fifteen year old Jenny Joslin and her little sister, Allie, have moved seven times with their father, who is trying to put the past behind them. Jenny finally feels at home when she sees their new house in the woods until a restless young man appears on teh back porch. Solemn, handsome, silent he can only be seen in the dark. He doesn’t respond to Jenny’s voice. And he will not leave until he gets what he came for. Now, it’s up to Jenny to figure out who he is and why he is terrorizing the residents of Crescent Lane. They all seem so innocent. But are they?

The Wish Master

Certain that his grandfather doesn’t want him around, Corby is unhappy when he and his mother go to spend the summer in Wisconsin to help take care of his ailing grandmother, until a local boy takes him to The Wish Master.

Crandall’s Castle

Charli is excited when her uncle decides to buy the Crandalls old mansion and make it a bed and breakfast at first. But then strange things start to happen and Charli discovers that something terrible happened in the Crandalls house many years ago. And it may happen again, unless Charli can figure out how to stop the past from repeating itself. This page turner received the Land of Enchantment Award, was named a Society of School Librarians International Honor Book, and was on several state Master Lists, including the Sequoyah Children’s Book Award Master List, the Mark Twain Master List, and the Iowa Children s Choice Award Master List.

Princess for a Week

Roddy Hall is excited when he overhears his mother saying that ‘Princess’ can come to visit he’s always wanted a dog. But much to his chagrin, Princess turns out not to be a dog, but rather the obnoxious daughter of a family friend, and she’s staying for the whole week. One night Princess, Roddy, and his friend Jacob notice a mysterious car pull up to the abandoned house at the end of the street. Could it be a burglar? Or worse yet, a ghost? Princess is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of the haunted house, and against his better judgment, Roddy goes along with her. They sneak out of the house to investigate during a thunderstorm but will they be ready for what they might find?

The Time Machine

A time traveler voyages into the future to find the world has been divided into two races.

Pet Detectives

Policeman Jack’s dog Belle and cat Kitty do their bit to fight crime on a daily basis and combine forces to capture a burglar.

The Blizzard

When a blizzard blows into town on Billy’s tenth birthday, he is convinced his day is ruined. But as the winds begin picking up and the snow falls heavier, things don t turn out as he expected. Billy s house is the nearest one to school, and it looks as though he will be having a few after school guests for a slumber party bigger than any celebration he could have planned!

Related Authors

Leave a Comment