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Creepy, Crawly Books for Teens
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki. A Stir Of Bones. After discovering the secrets that lie in an abandoned house, 14-year-old Susan, with the help of some new friends, has the ability to make a safe, new life for herself. (Juv Fic SF Hoffman)
Kubo, Tite. Strawberry and the Soul Reapers. (Bleach, v.1) When Ichigo Kurosaki meets Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki and borrows her power to fight a Hollow, he ends up taking it all and turning himself a Soul Reaper. (YA 741.5 Kubo)
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Jade Green. While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression caused mysterious happenings. (YA Fic M Naylor)
Nixon, Joan Lowery. The Haunting. When her mother inherits a Louisiana plantation, 15-year-old Lia seeks to rid the house of the evil spirit that haunts it. (YA Fic M Nixon)
Soto, Gary. The Afterlife. A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance. (YA Fic M Soto)
The New Young Oxford Book Of Ghost Stories. 40 classic and contemporary legends, folktales, short stories and poems from many cultures that feature a wide assortment of ghosts. (YA Fic M New)
Allende, Isabel. City
of the Beasts. When 15-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies
his grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the
Amazon, he encounters ancient wonders and a supernatural world
while trying to avert disaster for the Indians.
(Juv Fic SF Allende)
Bray, Libba. A Great and Terrible Beauty. After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, 16-year-old Gemma travels from India to England to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world. (YA Fic M Bray)
Bunting, Eve. The Presence. 17-year-old Catherine meets a mysterious stranger who says he can help her contact a friend who died in a car crash for which Catherine feels responsible. (YA Fic M Bunting)
Mahy, Margaret. The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance. When her little brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, 14-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers. (YA Fic M Mahy)
Naifeh, Ted. Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things. (Courtney Crumrin, v.1.) Moved against her will to the suburbs to live with her Uncle Aloysius, Courtney Crumrin finds herself an outcast because of rumors about her uncle. Then there are the strange things that move around the house at night, things that her parents can't see, but that her uncle knows all about. (YA 741.5 Naifeh)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus. Victor Frankenstein has discovered the secret of generating life from lifeless matter, and has created a creature from parts of dead bodies who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and his creator. (YA Fic M Shelley)
Slade, Arthur G. Dust. 11-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s. (YA Fic M Slade)
Westerfeld, Scott. The Secret Hour. Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, 15-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight - creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess. (YA Fic M Westerfeld)
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. In the Forests of the Night. Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will. (YA Fic M Atwater-Rhodes)
Hahn, Mary Downing. Look For Me by Moonlight. While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, 16-year-old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her father's new family and finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest. (YA Fic M Hahn)
Judal. Vampire Game, vol. 1. The Vampire King Duzell died at the hands of King Phelios, but not before vowing to avenge his death. Now, centuries later, Duzell has been reincarnated as a wildcat that has been adopted by Ishtar, the great-granddaughter of Phelios, and is biding his time until he can exact his revenge. (YA 741.5 Judal)
Klause, Annette Curtis. The Silver Kiss. Only Simon, the young vampire who comes to her house in the middle of the night, can help Zoe overcome brooding thoughts of her dying mother and her own loneliness. (YA Fic M Klause)
Pierce, Meredith Ann. The Darkangel. Servant girl Aeriel must choose: destroy her vampire master for his evil deeds or save him for the sake of his beauty and the spark of goodness she has seen in him. (YA Fic SF Pierce)
Rees, Douglas. Vampire High. When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, super-naturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day. (YA Fic M Rees)
Stoker, Bram. Dracula. After discovering the dual identity of rich Transylvanian nobleman Count Dracula, a small group of people vows to rid the world of the evil vampire. (YA Fic M Stoker)
Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories. A collection of tales that spans the centuries, from tribal clan to suburban shopping mall; anyone with a thirst for blood won't go hungry! (Juv Fic SF Vampires)
Vande Velde, Vivian. Companions of the Night. When 16-year-old Kerry Nowicki helps a young man escape from a group of men who claim he is a vampire, she is faced with bizarre and dangerous choices. (YA Fic M Vande Velde)
Garfield, Henry. Moondog. After two women in a small California town are savagely killed during the time of the full moon by what is apparently a wolf, Cyrus "Moondog" Nygerski feels compelled to investigate and discovers disturbing patterns. 1st book in a trilogy. (YA Fic M Garfield)
Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teen werewolf must battle her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom. (YA Fic M Klause)
Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories. A collection of 15 stories by a variety of authors about the sometime frightening, sometime humorous, phenomena of werewolves. (Juv Fic SF Werewolves)
Be Afraid!: Tales of Horror. In these 15 stories, the shivers are as familiar as the touch of a cold hand on the back of your neck. (YA Fic M Be)
Etchemendy, Nancy. Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural. 8 tales in an eerie collection of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and mysticism that isn't for the faint of heart. (YA Fic M Etchemendy)
Fleischman, Paul. A Fate Totally Worse Than Death. In this horror novel parody, 3 self-centered members of Cliffside High School's ruling clique, who are begin-ning to age rapidly, become convinced that the beautiful new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death they caused the year before. (YA Fic M Fleischman)
Holt, David & Bill Mooney. Spiders In the Hairdo: Modern Urban Legends. Classic tales that are funny, scary or eerie, from the famous Vanishing Hitchhiker to tales of alligators in the New York City sewer system. (YA 398.2 Holt)
Night Terrors: Stories of Shadow and Substance. 11 stories that deal with ghosts and gangs, murders and monsters in which the authors share their visions of the eeriness and terror that lurks in the night. (YA Fic M Night)
A Nightmare's Dozen: Stories From the Dark. Bone-chilling tales including an amusement park for unwanted kids and a midnight playground for young ghosts. (YA Fic M Nightmare's)
Poe, Edgar Allan. Tales Of Terror. A collection of ten tales by the celebrated author of horror and mystery stories. (Juv Fic M Poe)
Short Circuits: 13 Shocking Stories By Outstanding Writers For Young Adults. Chilling tales that include a lot of humor, a little voodoo, a few ghosts, a wonderfully witchy librarian, and some really scary stories. (YA Fic M Short)
Spariosu, Mihai. Ghosts, Vampires, and Werewolves: Eerie Tales From Transylvania. 16 tales from Transylvania, in 3 sections: Ghosts, Vampires, and Werewolves; Haunted Treasures; and Eerie Fairy Tales. (j398.25 Spariosu)
Westall, Robert. Demons And Shadows. Cats, old churches, antiques and antique dealers crop up repeatedly in this collection of fiendishly clever, spine-tingling short fiction. (YA Fic M Westall)
LOOKING FOR MORE? Try this list of horror paperbacks, or the Bram Stoker Awards, from the Horror Writers Association.
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