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Orbiting
Since: Nov, 2014
matildar
Since: Dec, 2018
quantumquandary
Since: Jun, 2017
ash966
Since: Dec, 2014
2022-07-29 22:37:59
Something by John Bellairs? https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/JohnBellairs
AnoneMouseJr
Since: Nov, 2010
matildar
Since: Dec, 2018
quantumquandary
Since: Jun, 2017

If anyone can figure this one out, I'd be seriously impressed. I can't remember much but I've been thinking about it for so long that I figured I'd give it a go.
A bunch of children are living in an old house, maybe for summer holidays? They have a sort of ´coven´ going and they practice magic. I think there was an older girl who was their leader. I think there were ghosts, a haunted attic, and they might've tried to communicate with the ghost. It had the sort of vibe of kids playing with mud and things they don't understand.
It didn't feel modern and it didn't feel like a typical children's book, probably it was above my reading level at the time which drew me in. I must've read it around 2003-2005. I also read Spiderwick and the Magician's House around the same time, but this felt more mature/darker/old-fashioned than them.
Quite possibly there are hundreds of books fitting this description, but it'd be so cool if I could find it again!