Twilight. Meyer, Stephenie.
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balance precariously on the point of a knife -- between desire and danger.
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Dracula. Stoker, Bram.
The Dracula mythology has inspired a vast subculture, but the story has never been better told than by Stoker. He aims to terrify and succeeds, portraying the awesome power of evil to corrupt even the virtuous heroine, Lucy. Only the old magic--a crucifix, garlic, a wooden stake--can provide effective weapons against
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A School for Sorcery. Sabin, E. Rose.
Tria Tesserell, a country-mouse first-year student at the Lesley Simonton School for the Magically Gifted, is faced with three onerous tasks: befriending her unprincipled and talented roommate, Lina, learning to tame and use her own considerable magical powers and rescuing her love interest from the clutches of second-years Oryon and Kress and their demonic thralls. To make things worse, the faculty have made a deal to stay out of the conflict with Oryon and Kress, leaving Tria armed only with a few tentative friendships and what little she can remember from her sleep-inducing classes.
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Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction.
Editor Wolf brings together over two dozen tales in which vampires of all varieties make their ghastly presence felt: male and female, human and non-human, humorous and heroic, all of them kin to the dreadful bat. From Lafcadio Hearn, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, and August Derleth to such contemporary masters as Anne Rice, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Cheever.
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Haunted: A Tale of The Mediator. Cabot, Meg.
Suze Simon is a popular high school girl with plenty of boy troubles. The thing is, Suze's beyond ordinary, and her boy troubles are supernaturally strange: The guy she likes happens to be dead, another boy at school has previously tried to kill her, and she has a new homicidal spirit to contend with! Needless to say, Suze's life is confusing and chaotic, especially now, when the dangerous (and hot) Paul Slater is trying to convince her that her mediator's skills are greater than she knows.
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Vamped. Sosnowski, David.
Marty Kowalski is a blood-drinking bachelor who has managed to talk half the mortal world into joining the graveyard shift. Now vampires outnumber humans, and Marty is so bored he could die — again. With modern conveniences like synthetic blood and Mr. Plasma machines, the thrill of the hunt is gone. Especially for Marty, who's starting to wonder if he should just settle down, maybe start a family. But is this confirmed nightcrawler fully prepared to adopt — and raise — a human of his own?
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Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials . Aronson, Marc.
In a plain meetinghouse, a woman stands before her judges. Her accusers, girls and young women, are fervent, overexcited, just on the edge of breaking out into convulsions. As the trial proceeds, the girls begin to wail, tear their clothing, and scream that the woman is hurting them. Are the girls acting, or are they really tormented by an unseen evil? |
Sabriel. Nix, Garth.
Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But during her final semester, her father, the Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter the Old Kingdom to find him.
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Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Patterson, James.
Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel are kids who are pretty normal-except that they're 98% human, 2% bird. They grew up in cages, living like rats, and now they're free-but being chased by the wicked, wolf-like Erasers, who've kidnapped Angel. Led by Max, the "Flock" embarks on a quest to find Angel, to track down their parents, get revenge on an evil traitor, and try to save the world-if there's time.
Prepared from Journals and Reviews by Joy Foust. 9/06
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