Cover of The Vanished

The Vanished

by Celia Rees · 1997

Point Horror Unleashed seriesNext:The Cunning Man(2000) →

+ Want to read

There are all kinds of stories about the school, about the city: ghost stories, hauntings, mysterious disappearances. They make entertaining copy for the school newspaper, then Fraser begins to wonder if some of them might be true.

Genre
horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisparanormalparanormalMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Mood
creepycreepyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
medium · 208 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked The Vanished? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Vanished. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Merciless Danielle Vega · 2014 Shares young adult, horror, paranormal
  2. The Mummy Barbara Steiner · 1995 Shares young adult, horror, childhood
  3. Freeze Tag Caroline B. Cooney · 1992 Shares young adult, horror, fantasy
  4. Mother's Helper A. Bates · 1989 Shares horror, young adult, childhood
See more recommendations →

“People who read The Vanished tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Nothing to Lose Norah McClintock · 2003
  2. The Door in the Tree William Corlett · 1991
  3. Nine Gates Jane Lindskold · 2009
  4. Thirteen More Tales of Horror (Point Horror 13's) Susan Price, Garry Douglas Kilworth, Colin Greenland, Philip Pullman, Diane Hoh, Stan Nicholls, Graham Masterton, Chris Westwood, David Belbin · 1994

“If you want more of the same (horror about childhood), start with these.”

  1. Switched R.L. Stine · 1995
  2. A Midsummer Night's Scream R.L. Stine · 2013
  3. The First Horror R.L. Stine · 1994
  4. The Evil Moon R.L. Stine

“If it was the paranormal that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Dead House Dawn Kurtagich · 2015
  2. Mason Thomas Pendleton · 2008
  3. The Waking Dark Robin Wasserman · 2013
  4. And the Trees Crept In Dawn Kurtagich · 2016

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Pharos: A Ghost Story Alice Thompson · 2002
  2. Ghost of a Threat Beth Dolgner · 2011
  3. The Secret Lives of Elves and Faeries: From the Private Journals of the Rev. Robert Kirk John Matthews · 2005
  4. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg Rick Bragg · 2000

Report a problem