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Selections from PSHS Library
Brooks, Terry. Elves of Cintra. Humans and elves face annihilation from Void demons and other creatures.
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones. Clary is suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who seek to stop them.
Coleman, Loren. Cryptolzoology A-Z.
De la Cruz, Melissa. Bluebloods. Teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines.
Gothic: Ten original dark tales. Ed. By Deborah Noyes.
Jenkins, A. M. Night Road. Quiet and subtle, Cole and his crew revere the humans they feed on, realizing they would die without their blood.
Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate. A novel of werewolves. The Silver Kiss. A novel of vampires.
Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian. Is a disappearance explained by the existence of Dracula?
Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing. Five sisters who live in Transylvania use a portal to crossover to another world.
Martinez, A. Lee. Gil’s All Fright Diner. A werewolf and a vampire try to rid the diner of zombies.
Matheson, Richard. I Am Legend. The last human on Earth tries to find a cure to stop mutant creatures.
Mead, Richelle. Vampire Academy. Runaway princess Lissa is returned to St. Vladmir’s Academy.
Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight novels series. Follow the romance of vampire Edward and human Bella.
McKinley, Robin. Sunshine. The vampire elite try to control earth.
Pauley, Kimberly. Sucks to be Me: the all true confessions of Mina Hamilton, teen vampire (maybe).
Perel, David. Bat Boy Lives! The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks That Shape Our World.
Shan, Darren. Demon Apolcalypse. Grubbs Grady tries to resist his werewolf urges.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Tantalize. A murder occurs at Quincie’s family’s vampire-themed-restaurant.
Westerfield, Scott. Peeps. Cal is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism |