Vampires

"Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
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? A savagely funny tale of terror, teen angst, suspense, and satire from celebrated FEED author M. T. Anderson.

"I was born to the name of Rachel Weatere in the year 1684, more than three hundred years ago.
The one who changed me named me Risika, and Risika I became, though I never asked what it meant. I continue to call myself Risika, even though I was transformed into what I am against my will.
By day, Risika sleeps in a shaded room in Concord, Massachusetts. By night, she hunts the streets of New York City. She is used to being alone.
But now someone is following Risika. Someone has left her a black rose, the same sort of rose that sealed her fate three hundred years ago.
Three hundred years ago Risika had a family -- a brother and a sister who loved her. Three hundred years ago she was human.
Now she is a vampire, a powerful one. And her past has come back to torment her.
This atmospheric, haunting tale marks the stunnin

It's been 35 years since the demise of Dracula. When 19-year-old John Shaw returns from fighting in World War I, he is haunted by nightmares--not only of the ravages of war, but of the brutal, almost superhuman feats of his commander, Quincey Harker.

Lucy Hellenberg is not your typical Pacific Cedar High student. Because in between hanging out with her friends, hating her hair and her math teacher, and trying to decide whether she should dump her on-again off-again boyfriend, she has to deal with a father who refuses to go outside and a house that bears way too much resemblance to the set of "The Munsters,"
And that's not all. Lucy has just discovered that she's a descendent of the lovely Lucy in Bram Stoker's Dracula-and that vampires really do exist (right here at Pacific Cedar High!). Now, she has to accessorize her homecoming dress with a necklace of garlic and learn how to drive while driving away vampires-without becoming their next victim.

Schuyler Van Alen begins to wonder if the legends of vampires are really true. When she turns 15, she starts to crave raw food and is having flashbacks to ancient times. After a classmate is found dead--and bloodless--Schuyler doesn't know what to think. Hyperion Books for Children

THE A-LIST BITES.

Jason Freeman is getting the hang of DeVere Heights. Then life from his flyover past pays an unexpected visit in the form of his old friend Tyler. Jason's surprised -- but psyched to see a familiar face.

Having his friend around turns our to be a downer -- especially when Jason realizes that Tyler is running from some kind of crisis. But Tyler isn't in on DeVere Heights's little secret. Now instead of escaping his problem, he's about to put himself in mortal danger. Literally.

Sixteen-year-old Lucy Szabo is undead--at least according to her own theories about vampirism. She believes the first vampires were dying diabetics. She's also diabetic. But when she gets involved with a self-proclaimed "real" vampire, Lucy becomes caught up in the Goth culture. Original.

Trying to escape the everyday horror of her life, 17-year-old Kia falls in with a group of "vampires" who spend all night in dark clubs, wear goth outfits, and even wear fake fangs. When Kia meets Damon, she wonders if a true vampire exists among them.

Centuries ago the king of Saint Pheliosta, and the Vampire King, Dusel, had a monumental duel. Dusel was defeated and swore that he would fight again in his next reincarnation. Reborn as a wildcat, Dusel is rescued from the wild by Ishter, the great-granddaughter of his nemesis, Saint Pheliosta. The fate of ages is reborn and the vampire game begins.

California Young Reader Medal Winner - 1993
This engrossing novel combines spine-tingling suspense with romance for an unforgettable read. "(The Silver Kiss) . . . blazes a bloody trail in YA literature--it is horrific, tender, poignant and mesmerizing".--Robert Cormier, author of I Am the Cheese. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.

Due to the worst case of mistaken identity with Sunshine's dark-side-loving twin sister Rayne at a Goth club, the vampire Magnus goes for Sunshine's innocent neck. Now if she doesn't reverse it in time, Magnus will be her blood mate forever and she'll be doomed to be a vampire.

The first book of a new paranormal series by the bestselling author of "The Taming of the Dru" follows a girl, stuck in the middle of Hungary with her mother, who meets Benedikt--a vampire with a cool motorcycle. Original.

It doesn't take long for Cody Elliot to realize that his new high school is a little different. The other students are supernaturally strong, don't like the sunlight, and are always placing orders at the local blood bank. When his new friend shows him his fangs, Cody doesn't need any more clues--these kids are vampires! As Cody struggles to fit into this secretive community, he disrupts centuries of human-vampire segregation, with some serious--and some seriously funny--consequences.
In sharp, humorous, and insightful prose, Douglas Rees creates a world of vampires where the real issue for humans is not the fear of being bitten, but the need to get along.

"From the Hardcover edition.

In a hip, sexy romance for young teens, Schreiber tells an intriguing story about an unusual first love when a girl meets a particularly toothy new guy in town.

Now available in mass market paperback--the first two books in the bestselling horror series that introduced the world to the Vampire Prince.

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Werewolves, vampires, and human hybrids all work up an appetite in this delicious debut novel of dark fantasy, young love, and culinary secrets.

The bestselling master of horror brings his signature spine-chilling style to a tale of teenage sisters who have both been bitten by a vampire. Now they must race against time to find a cure before they become creatures of the night--forever.

Kerry's got a tough night ahead of her.
What begins as a simple lost-and-found trip to the Laundromat turns into a nightmarish odyssey of murder, vampires, and--quite possibly--true love. Vivian Vande Velde puts a terrifying spin on what should be a typical night in a small town.

Bursting with the sharp intelligence and sly humor that's fast becoming his trademark, Westerfield's new novel is an utterly original take on an archetype of horror--the vampire.