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Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave
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  • Published: 14 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593896914
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $35.00

Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave

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Abandoned in a cemetery and raised in a funeral home, a girl who can see and smell the supernatural must solve the mystery of a priceless heirloom stolen from her family's business. Perfect for fans of Netflix’s Wednesday and Beetlejuice!

"A new middle grade heroine you’re going to love."—BookRiot

Abandoned in a cemetery and raised in a funeral home, a girl who can see and smell the supernatural must solve the mystery of a priceless heirloom stolen from her family's business. Perfect for fans of Netflix’s Wednesday and Beetlejuice!

"A new middle grade heroine you’re going to love."—BookRiot

AN EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE • A BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE

13-year-old Mystery—who was abandoned in a cemetery and raised in a funeral home—is plagued by sleep paralysis and the smell of ghosts, but she's used to that. Even though her life might seem "strange" on the outside, she loves it.

That is until a priceless heirloom goes missing and her family's funeral home is in danger of being shut down. To clear her Tia's good name, Mystery embarks on an adventure to figure out what really happened to the misplaced necklace.

But to do so, she must contend with the angry patriarch of the town’s wealthiest family, a sleep paralysis demon, a graverobber, and the ghastly half-vampire, half-ghost that’s lurking in the Olde Ellis Town Cemetery.
  • Published: 14 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593896914
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Ally Russell

Ally is the author of It Came from the Trees and the Mystery James series. She grew up on a steady diet of Halloween parties, horror films, Unsolved Mysteries, and Goosebumps books. She has always loved scary stories, and got her MFA from Simmons University and, eventually, a job working in children’s publishing. She hails from Pittsburgh—ground zero for the zombie apocalypse. Ally lives with her husband and her two black cats, Nox and Fury. She’s afraid of the woods, the dark, and heights.
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Praise for Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave

Praise for It Came From the Trees: 

  • A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
  • A Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee! 
  • New York Public Library Vibrant Voices Pick! 

"A spine-chilling debut. [An] adroitly crafted horror novel whose heroine perseveres in the face of malice both supernatural and man-made." —Publishers Weekly

"The fast-paced plot will keep the pages flying...Enticing campfire thrills and chills." —Kirkus Reviews

"The perfect late-night story."—The Seattle Times

Praise for It Came From the Trees: 

  • A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
  • A Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee! 
  • New York Public Library Vibrant Voices Pick! 

"A spine-chilling debut. [An] adroitly crafted horror novel whose heroine perseveres in the face of malice both supernatural and man-made." —Publishers Weekly

"The fast-paced plot will keep the pages flying...Enticing campfire thrills and chills." —Kirkus Reviews

"The perfect late-night story."—The Seattle Times