Popular Paperbacks: Death and Dying
Anderson, M.T. Thirsty
Turning into a vampire really sucks for Chris. (YA Fic M Anderson)
Brooks, Kevin. The
Road of the Dead
Two brothers investigate their sister’s brutal murder. (YA
Fic M Brooks)
Cabot, Meg. Shadowland
(The Mediator, #1)
Suze forces ghosts to move on, whether they want to or not. (YA
Fic M Cabot)
Colfer, Eoin. The
Wish List
Heaven doesn’t want her. Hell spits her out. (YA Fic Colfer)
Draper, Sharon M. Tears
of a Tiger
The death of a star basketball player shocks a school. (YA Fic
Draper)
Freymann-Weyr, Garret.
Stay
with Me
After her sister kills herself, Leila wants to know why. (YA Fic
Freymann-Weyr)
Green, John. Looking
for Alaska
First friends, first love, first great tragedy. (YA Fic Green)
Klause, Annette Curtis.
Silver
Kiss
Who knows more about death than the undead? (YA Fic M Klause)
Kubo, Tite. Strawberry
and the Soul Reapers (Bleach, #1)
It’s Soul Reapers vs. Hollows, and Ichigo is in the middle.
(YA 741.5 Kubo)
Leavitt, Martine. Keturah
and Lord Death
Love, death and lemon meringue pie. (YA Fic M Leavitt)
Marrone, Amanda. Uninvited
Jordan’s ex comes to her window at night. She’d be thrilled,
if he wasn’t dead. (YA Fic M Marrone)
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
Jade
Green: A Ghost Story
Green silk awakens a ghost. (YA Fic M Naylor)
Nix, Garth. Sabriel
Sabriel steps in when the dead won’t stay dead. (Juv Fic
SF Nix)
Ohba, Tsugumi. Boredom
(Death Note, #1)
Writing gives Light the power to kill. (Fic SF Ohba)
Price, Charlie. Dead
Connection
She’s been murdered, and he talks to dead people. (YA Fic
M Price)
Shan, Darren. Lord
Loss (The demonata, #1)
Grubbs is normal until demons kill his family. (YA Fic M Shan)
Shiomi, Chika. Yurara,
Volume 1
One girl, two hot boys, and a whole lot of ghosts. (YA 741.5 Shiomi)
Shusterman, Neal. Everlost
(Skinjacker trilogy, #1)
Welcome to the world of the in-between. (YA Fic M Shusterman)
Singleton, Linda Joy.
Dead
Girl Walking (Dead Girl, #1)
The only thing worse than being dead is being popular. (YA Fic
M Singleton)
Takami, Koushun. BATTLE
ROYALE
One ninth-grade class, three days, one survivor.
Whitcomb, Laura. A
Certain Slant of Light
Sex, drugs and restless spirits. (YA Fic M Whitcomb)
Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere
Death is the beginning of Liz’s new life. (YA Fic SF Zevin)
Zusak, Markus. The
Book Thief
In a time of war, Death is haunted by humans. (YA Fic Zusak)
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