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Like Twilight?
Then try these books! All of these are available at the Swampscott Public Library
The Dead, Dying and Undead
Not vampire books—see the Books with Bite list for those!
Compiled by YALSA’s 2009 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Committee
For more lists of recommended reading, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists.
Anderson, M.T. Thirsty. 2003.
Chris is your typical guy: annoyed with his parents, irritated by his friends, ignored by girls…and rapidly turning into a vampire.
Brook, Kevin. Road of the Dead. 2007.
When their sister is murdered, Ruben and Cole travel to the village where she was killed to claim her body. There the boys discover brutal and close-minded villagers determined to cover up the cause of their sister’s death.
Brooks, Max. World War Z: an oral history of the zombie war. 2006.
Zombies are among us. Read about the political missteps that led to the collapse of civilizations and follow the intrepid survivors as they tell the story of fighting their way back against a zombie horde of 200 million.
Brooks, Max. Zombie Survival Guide. 2003.
Are you prepared for the eventual battle with zombies? Read some specific actions to take now in order
to ensure your survival, including amassing emergency flares, signaling mirror, and daily rations. Be prepared!
Cabot, Meg. Shadowland: Mediator Book One. 2004.
Suze is a mediator — forcing ghosts to move on from this world — whether they want to or not.
De la Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods. 2006.
The Blue Bloods, an ancient group of vampires, thought they were invincible until something
starts hunting them.
Draper, Sharon. Tears of a Tiger. 1996.
A drunk driving accident causes the death of Robert Washington, captain of the basketball team at predominantly African American Hazelwood High. New articles, dialogues, and other innovative formats show how the student body reacts to the tragedy, and how Andy Jackson, who drove the car, is pulled down by his own feelings of guilt.
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. Illus. by Dave McKean. 2008.
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska. 2007. Smart loner Miles, whose hobby is to memorize famous people’s dying words, leaves home for boarding school in search of a “Great Perhaps.” There he meets his first close friends, including enticing but screwed up Alaska Young, and experiences his first great tragedy.
Hino, Matsuri. Vampire Knight, graphic novel series. Illus. by Matsuri Hino.
Yuki Cross lives at Cross Academy, where she is caught up in the struggle to keep the peace between the Day Class of humans and the Night Class of vampires.
Kagesaki, Yuna. Chibi Vampire, graphic novel series.
Karin is the middle child in a family of vampires. She is an unvampire producing blood instead of drinking it. The Vampires in this manga don’t really drink blood; they drink basically sin in the blood (i.e. lies, stress, and misfortune).
Kotegawa, Yua. Line. Illus. by Yua Kotegawa. 2006.
Chiko found a cell phone and now it’s up to her to save the lives of suicidal people calling with one last plea.
Leavitt, Martine. Keturah and Lord Death. 2006.
Lost and hungry after following a stately hart through the forest, Keturah encounters Lord Death, who is ready to take her. Using her storytelling skills, she persuades Lord Death to set her free if she can find her true love in one day.
Marrone, Amanda. Uninvited. 2007.
Jordan’s ex-boyfriend keeps trying to get in her window at night — she’d be thrilled, if he wasn’t dead.
Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight series of books.
Bella moves from Phoenix to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire named Edward. Luckily for Bella, the vampires in Edward’s coven only drink the blood of animals, not human blood. While their passion for each other grows, so does the danger when another vampire coven passes through town setting their sights on Bella.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Jade Green: A Ghost Story. 2001.
Orphaned Judith gets caught up in a series of mysterious events which may be tied to a
previous orphan who lived in her house — a girl who died by cutting off her own hand.
Nix, Garth. Sabriel. 2008.
When the dead cease to stay dead, budding necromancer Sabriel must take the place of her father, a necromancer who has journeyed too far into the land of the dead and becomes trapped.
Ohba, Tsugumi. Deathnote, graphic novel series. Illus. by Takeshi Obata.
Light, a bored high school genius, finds a notebook that gives him the power of death. Soon he finds himself on the run from a special police task force, but they can’t prove that he’s the killer.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life As We Knew It. 2008.
Tsunamis, earthquakes, massive floods, volcanic eruptions, increasingly hazardous air quality are just the beginning. Millions of people just within the U.S. are dead in the first week. With electricity completely off line and warnings of oil and gas shortages, Miranda and her family must depend on each other if they have any hope of surviving the record breaking cold winter to come.
Qualey, Marsha. Come in from the Cold. 2008.
Maud’s sister died protesting the war, Jeff’s brother died fighting it. Now they’re both trying to make sense of their world — and each other.
Shan, Darren. Lord Loss. 2006.
Grubbs Grady thinks he’s a normal middle schooler until he comes home to find his family killed by demons. Suddenly, he’s plunged into a world of werewolves, magic, and horror.
Shusterman, Neal. Everlost. 2006.
After dying in a car crash, Nick and Allie are on course towards an eternal light, but instead, they are detoured to a parallel universe known as Everlost. Determined to escape, they have to enlist the help of shady and dangerous souls.
Stolarz, Laurie Faria. White is for Magic series
Seventeen-year-old Stacey is having nightmares again — creepy dreams where she is haunted by the ghosts of people who have been brutally murdered. Dreams that can clue her into potentially saving the lives of others.
Waters, Dan. Generation dead. 2008.
When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a “living impaired” boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred.
Willis, Connie. Passage. 2002.
Dr. Joanna Lander is determined to figure out the truth behind why people have near-death experiences, but she never expected so many people to see the same thing…the Titanic?
Woodson, Jacqueline. If You Come Softly. 2006.
Ellie is Jewish; Miah is African-American. Both teens believe their love can overcome
obstacles, even if their families don’t agree. But after tragic, racially motivated violence, there are some hard truths to face.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere. 2007.
Liz lives Elsewhere, aging backwards and waiting to be reborn. Can she leave her old life
behind and embrace the new one?
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. 2007.
Death narrates the tale of Liesel and her experiences during World War II.
BOOKS WITH BITE!!
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