Things That Go Bump in the Night...

 

Clay by David Almond (YA FIC ALM)
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.

 

Darkside by Tom Becker (YA FIC BEC)
Jonathan Starling's father is in an asylum and his home has been attacked when, while running away from kidnappers, he stumbles upon Darkside, a terrifying and hidden part of London ruled by the descendants of Jack the Ripper, where Jonathan is in mortal danger if he cannot find the way out. First in a series.

 

Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney (YA FIC DEL)
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties." First in a series.

 

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (YA FIC GAI)
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.

 

The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (YA FIC GRA)
When Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father and new stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind by a terrible accident, as well as another kind of ghost from Zack's past. First in a series.

 

Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley (YA FIC HUR)
After dying, high school senior Charlotte Usher is as invisible to nearly everyone as she always felt, but despite what she learns in a sort of alternative high school for dead teens, she clings to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy of her dreams. First in a series.

 

Zombie Blondes by Brian James (YA FIC JAM)
Each time fifteen-year-old Hannah and her out-of-work father move she has some fears about making friends, but a classmate warns her that in Maplecrest, Vermont, the cheerleaders really are monsters.

 

Night Road by A.M. Jenkins (YA FIC Jen)
Battling his own memories and fears, Cole, an extraordinarily conscientious vampire, and Sandor, a more impulsive acquaintance, spend a few months on the road, trying to train a young man who recently joined their ranks.

 

Bonechiller by Graham McNamee (YA FIC MCN)
Four high school students face off against a soul-stealing beast that has been making young people disappear in their small Ontario, Canada, town for centuries.

Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez (YA FIC PER)
While dealing with her first boyfriend and suddenly being pressed into service as a substitute cheerleader, seventeen-year-old Daisy Giordano attempts to help her mother discover who is behind a series of bizarre attacks on teenage girls in their little town of Nightshade. First in a series.

 

Shadow Beast by Justin Richards (YA FIC RIC)
A daring bank robbery leads the Invisible Detective gang down into the sewers, where they discover a hideous beast whose master is the bank robber.

 

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (YA FIC RYA)
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.

Lord Loss by Darren Shan (YA FIC SHA)
Presumably the only witness to the horrific and bloody murder of his entire family, a teenage boy must outwit not only the mental health professionals determined to cure his delusion, but also the demonic forces only he can see. First in a series.

 

Doppelganger by David Stahler (YA FIC STA)
When a sixteen-year-old member of a race of shape-shifting killers called doppelgangers assumes the life of a troubled teen, he becomes unexpectedly embroiled in human life--and it is nothing like what he has seen on television.

 

Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor (YA FIC TAY)
While working as summer employees in a local pizza parlor, three teenagers are recruited by an underground organization of monster hunters.

 

Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson (YA FIC THO)
Bobby lives a reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in Dublin. So his mother moves the family to the country. But Bobby suspects their cottage might not be as quaint as it seems. And spooky details of the history of their little cottage gradually turn Bobby into a detective of night creatures real and imagined.

 

Never Slow Dance with a Zombie by E. Van Lowe (YA FIC VAN)
When most of their high school classmates turn into flesh-eating zombies, Margot and best friend Sybil see an opportunity to finally become popular and find boyfriends--if they can just stay alive.

 

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters (YA FIC WAT)
When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred. First in a series.

 

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding (YA FIC WOO)
As Thaniel, a wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, try to rid the alleys of London's Old Quarter of the terrible creatures that infest them, their lives become entwined with that of a woman who may be either mad or possessed.

 

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey (YA FIC YAN)
As an apprentice to a monster-hunting doctor in 1888, Will Henry and his boss are brought a corpse entwined with an Anthropophagus--a supposedly extinct monster that feeds through teeth in its chest--and the two must race to stop it and its kind from consuming the world.

 

The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel (YA FIC ZIN)
When fifteen-year-old Jackson visits his aunt in England, he becomes caught up in a chase to capture an unknown creature who is stalking and killing people on the plains surrounding ancient Stonehenge.

 

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This list created for the South Kingstown Public Library by Brandi Kenyon.
Updated 10/09