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Historical Fiction

Middle School

• Anderson, M. T. The Game of Sunken Places. J Anderson, M.
  When Gregory takes his friend Brian on a long visit to his eccentric Uncle Max, he never expects the two will be trapped into playing the real-life---and life-threatening---version of a fantasy board game.
• Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. In the Forests of the Night. YA PBK Atwater-Rhodes, A.
  Risika, a 300-year-old vampire, challenges Aubrey, the only vampire she fears, hoping to avenge her brother and herself.
• Bellairs, John. The House with a Clock in Its Walls. JPB Bellairs, John, CASS (BK.) JFIC Bellairs, J., CD (BK.) JFIC Bellairs, J.
  Orphaned Lewis and his uncle race to find the clock hidden in the walls of Uncle Barnaby's house before it ends the world.
• Conrad, Pam. Stonewords. J Conrad, P., JPB Conrad, P.
  Zoe gradually realizes that her new friend is a ghost who lived in Zoe's home, died there tragically in 1870, and now needs Zoe's help.
• Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. J Gaiman, N., CASS (BK.) JFIC Gaiman, N., CD (BK.) JFIC Gaiman, N.
  Sometimes the door that used to lead to the other half of her house opens on a brick wall, but sometimes it leads to the world of Coraline's evil Other Mother.
• Hahn, Mary Downing. Wait Till Helen Comes. J Hahn, M., JPB Hahn, M.
  Molly and Michael's new stepsister is a manipulative spoiled brat, but they still can't let the ghostly Helen lead her to her death.
• Huntington, Geoffrey. Sorcerers of the Nightwing. J Huntington, G.
  Fourteen-year-old Devon March has never been like other kids, but only as his father is dying does Devon learn he is adopted and must seek his identity and destiny at Ravenscliff, the home of his new guardian. The second volume of this planned trilogy is Demon Witch.
• Klause, Annette. The Silver Kiss. YA PBK Klause, A.
  Will the mysterious but beautiful Simon help Zoe accept her mother's death, or will his silver kiss make Zoe seek death herself?
• Mahy, Margaret. The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance. J Mahy, M.
  When her little brother Jacko sickens, Laura knows the horrid man who stamped Jacko's hand is draining away his life. In the same way she knows that the only possible source of help is senior Sorenson Carlisle, who no one but she seems to realize is a witch.
• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Jade Green: A Ghost Story. J Naylor, P.
  The orphaned Judith is offered a home with her uncle, but she soon discovers that the last orphan he took in, Jade Green, met a dreadful end.
• Nixon, Joan L. Whispers from the Dead. JPB Nixon, J.
  Sarah is determined to discover what horror the spirits hint took place in her new home, but someone who will not hesitate to kill is equally determined to stop her.
• Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan. J Shan, D.
  Darren must choose: let his best friend die a terrible death, or become an apprentice vampire himself. Darren's saga continues in The Vampire's Assistant, Tunnels of Blood, Vampire Mountain, Trials of Death, The Vampire Prince, Hunters of the Dusk, and Allies of the Night.
• Shusterman, Neal. Full Tilt. J Shusterman, N.
  When the brother of the usually careful Blake disappears into an invitation-only amusement park, Blake tries to finish every horror-filled ride by dawn to save both his brother and himself.
• Slade, Arthur. Dust. J Slade, A.
  The arrival of the mysterious stranger who not only promises but brings rain to a dustbowl Saskatchewan town coincides with the disappearance of young children, but only eleven-year-old Robert seems to notice.
• Vande Velde, Vivian. Companions of the Night. J Van Velde, V.
  Kerry unwittingly rescues a vampire from his pursuers, but can she trust him to help when her family is in danger?
• Wooding, Chris. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray. J Wooding, C.
  While trying to protect the young woman, Alaizabel, that he has rescued, seventeen-year-old wych-hunter Thaniel stumbles upon a plot that threatens London and all the other cities of the world.

High School

• Anderson, M. T. Thirsty. YA PBK Anderson, M.
  Freshman Chris agonizes over the way his body betrays him as he reaches puberty, but he discovers it's worse than the usual teenage angst---he's turning into a vampire.
• Craig, Kit. Twice Burned. FIC Craig, K.
  Carroll doesn't know her husband Steve has an ex-wife until Vivian is dead. Then Steve is killed as mysteriously as Vivian while bringing their children to live with him and Carroll, and Carroll is left to raise Steve's very strange twin daughters.
• Hambly, Barbara. Those Who Hunt the Night. FIC Hambly, B.
  Forced by a bona fide vampire to help find the murderer of London's vampires, Dr. James Asher fears he will become another victim if he fails or if he succeeds.
• Hamilton, Laurell K. Guilty Pleasures. YA PBK Hamilton, L.
  The thousand-year-old master vampire of St. Louis makes Anita Blake, animator and vampire executioner, an offer she can't refuse: find the serial murderer of vampires, or see her friend become a vampire's slave.
• Hamilton, Laurell K. The Laughing Corpse. YA PBK Hamilton, L.
  Anita Blake raises the dead as zombies for a living, but when she draws the line at a 300-year-old corpse requiring a human sacrifice, she needs the Browning she packs.
• Koontz, Dean. Odd Thomas. FIC Koontz, D.
  Twenty-something Odd Thomas, blessed (or cursed) with the ability to see malevolent spirits as well as dead people, knows that only he can stop the evil that will be unleashed on his desert town, Pico Mundo, in the next twenty-four hours.
• Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting. (of Hill House) FIC Jackson, S.
  Forget the movie. This subtler tale of four people staying in a haunted house they are studying is far more interesting.
• King, Stephen. The Long Walk. YA PBK King, S.
  Out of one hundred teenage boys, there is only one winner of the Long Walk. Then again, maybe no one wins.
• Klause, Annette. Blood and Chocolate. YA PBK Klause, A.
  Werewolf Vivian has a lot more to worry her than the average teen when her heartthrob, a human "meat-boy", glimpses her true nature and dumps her.
• Mahy, Margaret. The Tricksters. YA PBK Mahy, M.
  The Hamiltons rather hope their summer cottage is haunted by the young man who drowned there, but when he shows up as three people, each with a part of his personality, he disturbs the Hamiltons more than they'd have thought possible.
• McKinley, Robin. Sunshine. YA PBK McKinley, R., FIC McKinley, R.
  A human has never escaped a kidnapping by a gang of vampires, so when Sunshine does, she fears her new enemies, her ally against them, and what she herself might prove to be.
• Windsor, Patricia. The Blooding. YA PBK Windsor, P.
  When Mrs. Forrest apparently kills herself, au pair Maris discovers that her employer, Derek Forrest, does have a secret. Soon, so does Maris.

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