by dajo finlayson and mia macrossan for years 7-9 · things are hairy in river heights this holiday...
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Selected resources for high school students compiled by Dajo Finlayson and Mia Macrossan
For Years 7-9
Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers
Twelve- year- old Henry Hoey Hobson arrives at his sixth school, Our Lady of Perpetual
Succour, to discover he's the only boy in Year Seven. Friendless, fatherless and non-
Catholic, Henry is not only a Perpetual Sucker, but a bloodsucker, according to his catty
classmates. When he's caught moving a coffin into the creepy house next door, it drives a
stake through the heart of his hopes of fitting in. His only chance to fight back is the
school swimming carnival - sink or swim in the treacherous waters of Year Seven.
High Stakes by Meg Cabot
Suze's new life in California is looking up. Cool friends, pool parties, good-hair days, plus
the gorgeous ghost, Jesse, who hangs out in her bedroom. Best of all Tad, the cutest
(live) boy in town, just asked her out! Then a screaming spirit wakes Suze in the middle of
the night with a very important message. Suddenly she's on the trail of a creepy local
businessman, who might or might not be a vampire. Oh, and who also happens to be
Tad's dad. Suze's life just got dead complicated - again.
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
Sick of hearing about vampires? So is Meena Harper. Meena Harper
is familiar with the supernatural. After all, she knows how you're
going to die. While she's always been able to see everyone else's
destiny, she's never been able to look into her own. Maybe that's
why when she meets Lucien Antonescu - a modern day prince who
also has no destiny that she can foresee - she's instantly attracted.
When an ancient society of vampire hunters shows up at Meena's
door looking for Lucien, she's forced to face the truth: that her
dream boyfriend might turn out to be more of a nightmare. There is
a sequel Overbite with further adventures of Meena Harper.
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Phredde and the Leopard-skin Librarian: A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple
by Jackie French
A school excursion to the Big Koala goes horribly wrong as Phredde, Pru, Bruce and their
teacher, Mrs Olsen, (who also happens to be a vampire) and librarian, Miss Richards,
(who also happens to be a martial arts expert) head back into the time of the
dinosaurs. What they encounter is not for the faint-hearted, and includes giant marsupial
lions, a dinosaur with diarrhoea and an exploding volcano. Who will save them? Can one
kid, two fairies, a vampire and a librarian survive in the past with just a laptop computer,
a flying carpet and a plastic spoon? Will Pru's werewolf brother ever get his girlfriend
back? Can Pru get the dinosaur doo stains out of her tracksuit pants? And what - or who -
is the Demon Duck of Doom?
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
Nina became a vampire in 1973, when she was fifteen, and she
hasn't aged a day since then. She hasn't had any fun either,
because her life is so sickly and boring. It becomes even worse
when one of the other vampires in her therapy group is staked by a
mysterious slayer. Threatened with extinction, she and her fellow
vampires decide to hunt down the culprit. Trouble is, they soon find
themselves up against some gun-toting werewolf traffickers who'll
stop at nothing. Can a bunch of feeble couch potatoes win a fight
like this? Is there more to your average vampire than meets the
eye?
Kisses from Hell
This irresistible collection features stories of love amid vampires. From a fugitive vampire
forced to trust a boy who might work for the group bent on destroying her, to the
legendary romance of two immortals whose love compels them to risk everything, this
heart pounding collection brings new meaning to the words 'love you forever.
Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan
Mel and Cathy and Anna have passed vampires on the street and
sat near them in cinemas, but they don't know any. Vampires stick
to their own kind, and Mel and her friends hang out with other
humans - until a vampire boy in a bizarre sun-proof suit shows up at
school and captures Cathy's heart. Can Mel convince Cathy that life
with a vampire is no life at all? Should she?
Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine
Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, return from their summer
vacation with an overpowering thirst - an inhuman desire to drink
blood. Have they turned into vampires? How will they keep their
horrifying secret from their family and friends? And can they find a way to become human
again... before it's too late?
The Werewolf Knight by Jenny Wagner PICTURE BOOK
There are many secret stories in the world of nature and in the night. This is one of them.
It tells about a wolf who is strangely gentle; about the people who would kill, and the one
person who would love him.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What really killed Sir Charles Baskerville? Is his nephew, Sir Henry, in danger from the
legendary family curse, a gigantic black hound? Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are on
the case, set on lonely Dartmoor. Neolithic ruins, a perilous quagmire, eerie sounds in
the night, and an escaped convict thrown in for good measure.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place -he's
the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy
by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens,
Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians'
time as well as their timely ghostly teachings - like the ability
to Fade. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and
terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? Then
there are things like ghouls that aren't really one thing or the
other.
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
When her father dies in battle, fourteen-year-old Thirrin
becomes Queen of the Icemark, a tiny kingdom forever
caught between dangerous neighbours. But she bears a
heavy burden. Thirrin must find a way to protect her people from the most terrible
invasion of werewolves her nation has ever known - and do so before the end of the
winter snows.
Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland by Carolyn Keene
Things are hairy in River Heights this holiday season. Two wolves
have disappeared from Wild Wolf, the federal wolf preserve just
outside of town. Local farmers think the missing wolves are
killing their sheep, but there are also rumours of werewolf
sightings nearby. At the same time, the annual River Heights
Winter Carnival is set to begin. When the first two days of the
outdoor festival are full of tragic disasters, Nancy can't help but
wonder - is there a link between the carnival's trouble and the
missing wolves? After the carnival's beautiful ice palace is
destroyed, Nancy's sure there's a wolf at River Height's door. But
is the leader of this pack of crimes human, or beast?
Owl Light by Maggie Pearson
Hal has always been scared of the dark. The tales he hears of werewolves roaming the
common are no help at all. And then his sister Ellie starts disappearing at night... The
common is a wild, forbidden place, home to threatened badgers, werewolves, and the
haunt of intriguing neighbours...
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Goosebumps) by R. L. Stine
It started with the strange howling at night. Then there was the dead rabbit. Everyone
thinks Grady's new dog is responsible. After all, he looks just like a wolf. But Grady knows
his dog is just a regular old dog. And most dogs don't howl at the moon. Or disappear at
midnight. Or change into terrifying creatures when the moon is full...
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Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and
the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows
The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard,
Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and
Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and all of whom
meet up with demons, werewolves, griffins and
other mythical beasts.
Spyforce Revealed by Deborah Abela
As Max looked at the shiny metal blades that sliced ever closer, she wondered how she
was going to foil Mr Blue's latest scheme to turn the world's children into zombies.
Working undercover as a taste tester at a sweet factory seemed like the dream job, but it
had turned into a deadly struggle against an evil mastermind. And now that one of her
friends had turned against her, certain doom seemed only seconds away. Can Max and
Linden once again outsmart Mr Blue? Or will they be too late and fall victim to his sickly-
sweet plans? Could this be the end of Max Remy, Superspy?
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
If you have a kid who talks about the coming of the zombie
apocalypse like it’s an absolute certainty, they have to read this
book. This survival guide takes its premise very, very seriously.
Brooks is an expert in disaster response and preparedness (he’s
lectured around the globe) and he very calmly and very rationally
breaks down exactly what you’d actually want to do if a zombie
plague started spreading across the world. This will scare the
pants off some kids and other kids will think it’s the coolest
thing they’ve ever read.
Disney Zombies
Welcome to Seabrook, a suburban town preoccupied with uniformity, traditions and pep
rallies. That is until one ground breaking semester when students from Zombietown
integrate into Seabrook High School! As the human and zombie students struggle to
coexist, a budding romance starts to change things.
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The Enemy Series by Charlie Higson
The Enemy, The Dead, The Fear, The Sacrifice, The Hunted. The
Fallen, The End
When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician -
every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed,
confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and
they're fighting to survive. Now there are rumours of a safe place
to hide. So, a gang of children begin their quest across London,
where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted houses,
underground - the zombie grown-ups lie in wait. Can they make it
there - alive?
The Night Bus by Anthony Horowitz
Nick and Jeremy are on a night bus at Halloween, but the other scarred and rotting
passengers aren't trick-or-treaters! When his dad picks up a hitchhiker, Jacob finds
himself in a life or death situation. Someone is harbouring a deadly secret. Who is the
man with the yellow face in Peter's passport photo - because it isn't him... is it? Three
stories of the macabre.
Mondays are Murder by Tanya Landman
Zombies? Spooks? Or just plain murder? My name is Poppy Fields. I never believed in
ghosts - until I stayed on a remote Scottish island, and people started dropping dead all
over the place. Was a spirit taking revenge? When Graham and I investigated, we began
to see right through it.
Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand
After producing three horror movies that went mostly ignored on
YouTube, Justin and his filmmaking buddies decide it is time they
create something noteworthy, something epic. They're going to
film the Greatest Zombie Movie Ever. They may not have money
or a script, but they have passion. And, after a rash text
message, they also have the beautiful Alicia Howtz-Justin's crush-
as the lead. With only one month to complete their movie, a
script that can't possibly get worse, and the hopes and dreams of
Alicia on the line, Justin is feeling the pressure. Add to that a cast
of uncooperative extras and incompetent production assistants,
and Justin must face the sad, sad truth. He may actually be
producing The Worst Zombie Movie Ever...
Freaky Stuff by Richard Tulloch
Brian Hobble here, this fantastical book is about all these scary things that happen to
me. It's so freaky, spine-tingling, nerve-racking and gut-churning, it's incredible I'm still
alive to tell you about it. I have to escape from a savage dog as big as a sabre-toothed
tiger, rollerblade down a ramp from 17,000,000,000 kilometres high, rescue my stupid
little brother from flesh-eating zombies and, most totally terrifying of all, kiss a girl. I'm
not saying who. Nobody you know. No really, I swear, you don't know her. Prepare to be
freaked. Very freaked!
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Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies For Years 10-12
The Mortal Instruments series by
Cassandra Clare
City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of
Glass, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost
Souls, City of Heavenly Fire
It’s after dark in New York City, and
Clary Fray is seeing things. The best-
looking guy in the nightclub just
stabbed a boy to death – but the victim
has vanished into thin air. Her mother
has disappeared, and a hideous
monster is lurking in her apartment.
Clary realizes that she has stumbled
into an invisible war - between ancient
vampire forces and the secretive
Shadowhunters – a war in which she
has a fateful role to play...
The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, Clockwork Princess
When Tessa Gray arrives in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, something
terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other
supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Friendless and hunted, Tessa seeks refuge with
the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Drawn
ever deeper into their world, she finds herself fascinated by, and torn between, two best
friends and quickly realises that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
Rise of the Fallen by Teagan Chilcott
Appearing as students at a local Brisbane high school, Emilie and Cael are centuries-old
elementals on the run. Their inseparable bond starts to fray when Soul, an irresistible
demon, comes on the scene and Emilie follows him into the savage world where she and
Cael were once kept captive. Emilie is enchanted by Soul and a new existence where
nothing is sacred - where death comes in the alleyway and graveyard brawls are
commonplace - and she has to find her way among the shapeshifters and vampires in a
demon hierarchy as complex as algebra.
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The Passage by Justin Cronin
An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is
the story of Amy—abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued
and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government
experiment of apocalyptic proportions.
Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz
Masquerade, Revelations, The Van Alen Legacy,
Misguided Angel, Bloody Valentine, Lost in Time and Gates of
Paradise.
Within New York City’s most elite families, there lurks a secret society of celebrated
Americans whose ancestors sailed on the Mayflower. They are the powerful and the
wealthy—and in fact, they are not human. They are the Blue Bloods, an ancient group of
fallen angels forced to live on earth as vampires.
Saltwater Vampires by Kirsty Eager
For Jamie Mackie, summer holidays in the coastal town of Rocky Head mean surfing,
making money, and good times at the local music festival. This year, vampires are on the
festival line-up... fulfilling a pact made on the wreck of the Batavia, four hundred years
ago. If their plans succeed, nobody in Rocky Head will survive to see out the new year.
The Legendeer series by Alan Gibbons
Shadow of the Minotaur, Vampyr Legion and the Warriors of the
Raven.
These are the games that open the gateway between our world
and the realm of myth and legend, with
heroes and monsters, daring deeds and
narrow escapes, triumphs and
tragedies. Phoenix escapes the ordeal of
his own life in order to face the evil
Gamesmaster. What if there are places
where our nightmares live and wait for us?
Phoenix has found one and it's alive. Armies
of bloodsucking vampires and terrifying
werewolves, the creatures of our darkest dreams, are poised to
invade our world. As he prepares to enter the second deadly
computer game in The Legendeer series, he knows he must win or
never come back.
The Evernight series by Claudia Gray
Evernight, Stargazer, Hourglass, Afterlife, Balthazar
Bianca has been uprooted from her happy, uneventful life to start anew at an elite
boarding school for vampires where her parents will now be professors. She and Lucas
Ross share a special connection from the moment they meet and he, like Bianca and a
few others, is an outsider.
Solace and Grief by Foz Meadows
Solace Morgan was born a vampire. Raised in foster care, she has always tried to keep
her abilities secret, until an eerie encounter with a faceless man prompts her to run
away.
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The Drake Chronicles series by Alyxandra Harvey
My Love Lies Bleeding, Blood Feud, Out for Blood, Bleeding Hearts, Blood Moon and
Blood Prophecy
Solange has always known she is a vampire. As the only female vampire ever born, not
initiated, she is surrounded by danger on all sides - from other vampire tribes who want
to take her blood into their lineage, and from the bounty hunters who are set on
destroying her and her family.
Vampire Knight manga series by Matsuri Hino
Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class
and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class
return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their
way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the
school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the
Night Class is full of
vampires.
Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London
Only sunlight can save us. We built the wall to keep them out, to
keep us safe. It also makes us prisoners, trapped in what's left of our
ravaged city, fearing nightfall. After the death of my parents, it's up to
me - as the newest delegate for humanity - to bargain with our
vampire overlord. I thought I knew everything there was to know
about the monsters. Then again, nothing could have prepared me for
Lord Valentine… or his son. First in a trilogy, followed by Blood-Kissed
Sky and
After Daybreak by J.A. London
Our last hope lies with our oldest enemies. When we lost the war with the vampires, our
world changed. The Old Family overlords trapped up in a few scattered cities and
demanded our blood. Then Victor - the first vampire I've ever trusted, ever loved - came
to power, and I hoped for peace between our kinds. Only now a new type of monster, Day
Walkers, has emerged, and their maniacal leader is threatening to destroy us all, human
and vampire alike.
Falling to Ash by Karen Mahoney
You can't choose your family... living or dead. Trapped between two very different worlds,
newly made vampire Moth is struggling to find her place in either. Not only does she have
to answer to her religious family but her over-protective Maker, Theo, is intent on making
her the star attraction in his powerful Boston vampire clan. Moth will have to pull off the
double-act of the century to please both of them. Adding to her problems is the
dangerously attractive Jason Murdoch, a trainee vampire hunter who loves to play cat
and mouse in his spare time. When the teenagers of Boston's wealthiest families start to
disappear, it forces Moth and Jason into an uneasy truce.
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Bloodline by Kate Cary
When Mary's childhood sweetheart returns from the war, she barely recognises the boy
she fell in love with. John is tormented by nightmares - not only the horrors of battle, but
the grisly midnight exploits of his captain, Quincey Harker. So, when Harker appears in
England, Mary is determined to resist his sinister charm. Harker's gaze rests on other
prey - a bride to restore Count Dracula's poisonous bloodline.
Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, Last Sacrifice
Two races of vampires walk our world. One, the Moroi, are alive and wield
elemental magical. The other, the Strigoi, are undead and evil, feeding on the innocent to
survive. Rose Hathaway, a half-vampire with poor impulse control, is training to be a
bodyguard for a Moroi princess.
Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead
Bloodlines, The Golden Lily, The Indigo Spell, The Fiery Heart, Silver Shadows, and
The Ruby Circle
Sydney's blood is special. That's because she's an alchemist - one of a group of humans
who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They
protect vampire secrets - and human lives. The last encounter Sydney had with vampires
got her in deep trouble with the other alchemists. Now with her allegiances in question,
her future is on the line.
The Twilight Saga series by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn
When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets
the mysterious, alluring Edward Culllen, her life takes a thrilling
and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes,
mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both
irresistible and impenetrable, and a vampire.
The Blood Countess by Tara Moss
Pandora English is no ordinary small- town orphan. When she's
invited to live with her mysterious Great Aunt Celia in New York
City, she seizes the opportunity to escape her stifling hometown,
break from her tragic past and make it as a writer. Pandora lands a job at a fashion
magazine and her first assignment is covering the A-list launch of the latest miracle
cream, Blood of Youth. Something is not right about the product, nor Athanasia, the drop-
dead beautiful face of the brand. It seems there may be a secret ingredient in Blood of
Youth, a secret worth killing for.
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Prom Nights from Hell
In this collection, bestselling authors take bad Prom nights to a whole new level - a
paranormally bad level. Wardrobe catastrophes and two left feet are nothing compared
with discovering you're dancing with the Grim Reaper - and he isn't here to tell you how
hot you look. Five fun-filled stories!
The Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick
'Death comes in many forms, but in Venice death comes by water...'
It's the perfect place to hoard secrets. Here the Shadow Queen has
her vampire lair, and here she'll gather her forces for a final battle.
Marko and Sorrel are unwitting players in her last act as they search
for his father and try to stop the madness claiming hers.
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
In the bitter cold of winter Tomas and his son, Peter, arrive in Chust
and settle there as woodcutters. Tomas is a man with a past; a past
that is tracking him with deadly intent. As surely as the snow falls
softly in the forest of one hundred thousand silver birch trees, father and son must face a
soulless vampire enemy and a terrifying destiny.
Birth of a Killer by Darren Shan
For every vampire, the end... is just the beginning. When terrible events force young
Larten Crepsley to flee his home he finds himself alone in the world. Then he meets the
mysterious Seba Nile, who introduces him to the ways of the vampire clan. Will Larten
turn his back on humanity and join a world from which there can be no return? So,
begins the blood-soaked tale of a vampire who starts out a nobody - but who will change
the world forever.
Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
Strange Angels, Jealousy; Betrayals, Defiance, Reckoning
The Real World is a frightening place. Just ask sixteen- year old orphan Dru
Anderson, a tough girl who has taken down her fair share of bad guys. She's armed,
dangerous and ready to kill first and ask questions later. So, it's gonna take her a while
to figure out who she can trust.
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Jonathan Harker is sent by his law firm to Castle Dracula to
discuss business with Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. His
nightmare experience there is just the start of a macabre chain of
events. Harker soon finds himself in a race against time to free his
wife Mina and other souls who are in thrall to the evil vampire
Count. Dracula must be destroyed at all costs...
Never Bite a Boy on the First Date by Tamara Summers
When we found the guy and saw the holes in his neck, the cause
of death was obvious. "It wasn't me," I said. "I make one mistake
and suddenly every little vampire attack is my fault? That's so unfair!" It doesn't matter
how much I protest, unless I can prove my innocence I'll be spending the next decade in
a padded coffin.
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Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
After a chance encounter with a mysterious woman one night, Cal's
life is changed forever. He's been infected with an insidious parasite.
The good news: he's only a carrier. The bad news: he's infected all his
former girlfriends - and now they've turned into what Cal calls 'Peeps'.
The rest of us know them as vampires. It's Cal's job to hunt them
down, before they create even more of their own kind...
The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
Until this summer, New York had always looked pretty much the same to me. This part of
Brooklyn seemed to change every time I saw it, like someone dying of a disease before
my eyes. Luz always talked about 'the sickness' like it wasn't just Minerva but the whole
city - maybe the whole world - that was afflicted. Strange things are happening in New
York City. For Moz, Zahler and Pearl, all that matters is their new band. As the city reels
under a mysterious epidemic, they join up with a vampire lead singer and a drummer
whose fractured mind can sense the coming darkness. Will their music stave off the end
of the world? Or summon it?
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
There hadn’t been any trouble out at the lake in years. Sunshine
just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts for
a minute. But then the vampires found her . . . Now, chained and
imprisoned in a once-beautiful decaying mansion, alone but for the
vampire, Constantine, shackled next to her, Sunshine realizes that
she must call on her own hidden strength if she is to survive.
Thirsty by M T Anderson
All Chris really wants is to be a normal kid, to hang
out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a
date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately, Chris appears to be turning
into a vampire. So while his hometown performs an ancient ritual that
keeps Tch’muchgar, the Vampire Lord, locked in another world, Chris
desperately tries to save himself from his own vampiric fate. He needs
help, but whom can he trust?
Vampires: The Un-history of the Undead by Tony Thompson
Vampires are always simmering in popular culture - this is their story: Meet the first film
vampire, Count Orlock, who would influence Bela Lugosi's Dracula and so many others.
Find out about the novel that inspired the scariest TV show of all time. Encounter Anne
Rice's rock-star vampire. Cross paths with the vamp who nearly destroyed Spider-Man.
Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
The only thing Avery Hood can remember about the night her parents died is that she
saw silver-deadly silver, moving inhumanly fast. As much as she wants to remember who
killed them, she can't, and there's nothing left to do but try to piece her life back
together.
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Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her
house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she
can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In
winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent
company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of
being human… until the cold makes him shift back again.
Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her
breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam
must fight to stay human—or risk losing himself, and Grace,
forever.
Secrets and Shadows by Shannon Delaney
Nothing's simple when you run with werewolves. Jess Gillmansen thinks she's seen it all
but her eyes are about to be opened to even more danger and a reality far more
paranormal than she's suspected.
Waer by Meg Caddy
When Lowell Sencha finds the strange girl lying as if dead on the
riverbank, he is startled to find that she is like them: waer. Human,
but able to assume the form of a wolf. The Sencha family’s small
community has kept itself sequestered and unnoticed, free from
persecution. The arrival of a fellow traveller, and a hunted one at
that, threatens their very survival.
The Thing About Wolves by Leigh Evans
Being put in charge of a werewolf pack might be someone’s dream,
but it’s Hedi’s nightmare. Hints that it’s not working out include the
Creemore wolves wanting her blood. And the Council of Weres wanting her dead... Then
all Hedi's wishes are granted. Robson Trowbridge, pack leader, returns – and her love
isn't alone.
Jatta by Jenny Hale
Jatta is a princess in the kingdom of Alteeda, but her life is no fairy
tale. Her mother was slain by werewolves when Jatta was three years
old, and the palace has been haunted by fear ever since. Then Jatta
wakes one morning, bruised and disoriented, soaked in sweat, to see
her bedroom smeared with bloody paw prints
Wolfblood series by Robert Rigby (Book & film)
Pull of the Moon; Call of the Wild; Wolves Among Us; Wild City
The series follows teenage Wolfbloods. Humans with the ability to transform into wolves
at the full moon and at times when they're stressed. This mysterious race has lived
among us for centuries. Wolfbloods have superhuman powers in the form of strength,
speed, agility and heightened senses, and retain these even when in human form.
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Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater
Linger, Shiver, Forever, Sinner
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-
eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile,
Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the
silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human…
until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose
familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as
winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human—or risk losing himself,
and Grace, forever.
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
Seventeen- year old Alex is hiking through the wilderness when it
happens: an earth- shattering electromagnetic pulse that
destroys almost everything. Survivors are divided between those
who have developed a superhuman sense and those who have
acquired a taste for human flesh. These zombie flesh-hunters stalk the
land: hungry, ruthless and increasingly clever. Alex meets Tom, a young army
veteran, and Ellie, a lost girl. They will fight together and be torn apart, but Alex must face
the most difficult question of all: in such a vastly changed world, who can you trust?
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks travelled
across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that
once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable
areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children
who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, of that dreadful time.
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
If you have a kid who talks about the coming of the zombie apocalypse like it’s an
absolute certainty, they have to read this book. This survival guide takes its premise very,
very seriously. Brooks is an expert in disaster response and preparedness (he’s lectured
around the globe) and he very calmly and very rationally breaks down exactly what you’d
actually want to do if a zombie plague started spreading across the world. This will scare
the pants off some kids and other kids will think it’s the coolest thing they’ve ever read.
Feral by James DeMonaco and B.K. Evenson
A fire at a top research facility released an airborne pathogen that
quickly spread to every male on the planet, killing most. These new
men, ferals, were driven to destroy every remaining woman. Three
years later, Allie has joined a group of hardened and well-armed
women fighting for survival in an isolated encampment. In the
wilderness beyond their guarded walls, the ferals' numbers are
swelling. Allie knows something catastrophic is brewing on the
horizon, and hope is running out. The ferals are coming, and there is
no stopping them.
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Secrets and Shadows by Shannon Delaney
Nothing’s simple when you run with werewolves. Jess Gillmansen thinks she’s seen it all
but her eyes are about to be opened to even more danger and a reality far more
paranormal than she’s suspected. ...
Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist
For nearly a year peace reigned in the enchanted kingdom of Rillanon. But now an evil
power raises the dead and makes corpses do battle with the living at the behest of the
Guild of Death? What high magic can defeat it?
The Outlands trilogy by Jackie French
In the Blood, Blood Moon, Flesh and Blood
The City has called on Danielle Forest, Virtual Engineer, to find the source of a new
influenza epidemic that is infecting the City and threatening the Outlands. The disease
turns those affected into zombies, intent on killing all around them. If the epidemic is not
controlled, the deaths are likely to be greater than anything the world has ever seen.
Danielle and her boyfriend, Neil, may be infected with the disease and so they must race
against time to find the source in order for an antidote to be made. Can they find the
source of this terrible disease before it's too late?
Zombies: The Recent Dead by Neil Gaiman et al
You can't kill the dead! Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be
ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative
interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead,
societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video
gaming targets, post-apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary
mash-ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith,
Jane Austen
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in
possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” So
begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded
edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new
scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. Complete with
romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and
thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into
a different type of read.
The Mammoth Book of Zombies by Stephen Jones
The zombie - a soulless corpse raised from the grave to do its master's bidding - may
have had its factual basis in the voodoo ceremonies of the West Indies, but it is in fiction,
movies, video games and comics that the walking dead have flourished. What makes a
zombie? This Twentieth Anniversary Edition of one of the first and most influential
zombie anthologies answers that question with 26 tales of rot and resurrection from
classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, along with modern masters of the macabre Clive
Barker, Brian Lumley, Kim Newman, Lisa Tuttle, and many more.
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Darkness by Nick Lake
Trapped beneath the rubble of the Haitian earthquake of 2010, a teenage boy is
terrified, desperate and alone. A child of the slums, Shorty has been drawn into the
world of voodoo and zombies. Shorty has a secret: a flame of revenge that burns
inside him, a flame that fires his resolve to find the twin sister stolen from him seven
years ago. In darkness the line between the present and the past begins to blur and,
as Shorty fights for life, his struggle becomes part of a two hundred- year old story - a
story of courage and betrayal, of freedom and of hope.
Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel by Jonathan Maberry
A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his
consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen
side-effects. Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious.
This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang...but a bite.
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
A 1954 science fiction horror novel. It was influential in the development of the zombie-
vampire genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease.
The source book for every subsequent tale of zombie apocalypse, Before The Omega
Man, I Am Legend had already been made into a movie called The Last Man On Earth,
with Vincent Price.
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no
pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people,
but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy
747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization. And then he
meets a girl. First as his captive, then his reluctant guest, Julie is a blast of living colour in
R’s grey landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn't want to eat
this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond
will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a
fight.
Alone Series by James Phelan
Chasers, Survivor, Quarantine
Four teenagers. One destroyed city. Thousands of infected
predators. Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York
when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion. Jesse and his
three friends, Dave, Mini and Anna, crawl out from the wreckage to
discover a city in chaos. Streets are deserted. Buildings are in
ruins. Worse, the only other survivors seem to be infected with a
virus that turns them into horrifying zombie predators.
Outnumbered, No sign of life. Just them and you... ALONE.
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Strange Angels Series by Lili St Crow
Strange Angels; Betrayals; Jealousy; Defiance
The Real World is a frightening place. Just ask sixteen- year old
orphan Dru Anderson, a tough girl who has taken down her fair
share of bad guys. She's armed, dangerous and ready to kill first
and ask questions later. So, it's gonna take her a while to figure out
who she can trust.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
In Mary’s world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always
knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The
Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the
fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the
village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s
truths are failing her. When the fence is breached, and her world
is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and
her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her.
And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?
The first in a trilogy followed by The Dead-Tossed Waves and The
Dead and Empty World.
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