Scream Softly- Horror for Teens

Annotation:From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.

Annotation:As a mysterious plague falls upon England and zombies start rising from the dead, Elizabeth Bennett is determined to destroy the evil menace, but becomes distracted by the arrival of the dashing and arrogant Mr. Darcy.

Annotation:Presents 5 stories about proms where unexpected events take a turn for the worse, offering everything from fledgling superheroes to grim reapers.

Annotation:Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.

Annotation:Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines.

Annotation:An anthology of very short, scary stories by an assortment of authors and illustrators including Chris Raschka, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, and Lane Smith.

Annotation:Student model Lucy Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school and at home, with the "proto-vampires" she has met, and most of all with her diabetes.

Annotation:After a disease turns everyone over 16 into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace.

Annotation:Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation.

Annotation:Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her pack mates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.

Annotation:When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Annotation:The anthologist of the "Gothic!" collects more hair-raising tales in this companion collection, featuring scary stories by masters of horror and suspense such as M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, and Chris Wooding.

Annotation: After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.

Annotation:An original interpretation of the timelessly fascinating vampire myth, and a story of father and son.

Annotation:The story of the kindly scientist, Dr. Henry Jekyll, whose research causes him to change into the evil Edward Hyde. Also includes other classic stories such as Olalla, The Body Snatchers and more.

Annotation:After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

Annotation:This collection of unnerving tales explores the world of the dead – and the undead.

Annotation:Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.

Annotation:In a world similar to Victorian London, Thaniel, hunter of demons called Wych-kin, takes in a lost girl, and becomes involved in a plot to free evil on the world.

Annotation:16-year-old Mackie Doyle knows that he replaced a human child when he was just an infant, and when a friend's sister disappears he goes against his family's and town's deliberate denial of the problem to confront the beings that dwell under the town, tampering with human lives.

Annotation:Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own. She must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

Annotation:A collection of adaptations of 13 of Poe's works.

Annotation:Michael has inherited a plot in Raven Hollow. On arrival he discovers that he's inherited a haunted cemetery that the villagers want razed! But when Paris gets to meet some of the commentary’s residents, it turns out they're not all bad.

Annotation:Follows the adventures of teenage detective Agnes Quill, who lives in a haunted city, has a natural ability to communicate with the dead, and helps souls find their way in the afterlife, often uncovering the mystery of how they ended up there.

Annotation:Book #1 in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series.

Annotation:Book #1 in the City of Bones series.
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