If You Liked Cirque du Freak

 

If you liked Cirque du Freak.Try these gothic tales:

 

Thirsty by M.T. Anderson (YA FIC AND)

Chris has problems-bickering, divorce-bound parents; a domineering older brother; his best friends becoming estranged. Overshadowing everything is the fact that Chris, is becoming a vampire.in a town ridden with violent mobs taking shortcut justice with stake-through-the-heart lynching. As Chris's blood lust grows, he's increasingly challenged to hide his transformation.

 

Darkside: Book One 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.

 

Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer (YA FIC BRE)

For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed. 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 eleven-year-old 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.

 

The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein (YA FIC GRA)

While working at a summer stock theater, eleven-year-old Zack and his stepmother encounter the ghost of one of Connecticut's most notorious criminals.

 

Night Road by A.M. Jenkins (YA FIC JEN

)Battling his memories, Cole, a vampire, and Sandor, an impulsive acquaintance, spend a few months on the road, trying to train a young man who recently joined their ranks.

 

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks (YA FIC Jin)

Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime.

 

The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (YA FIC MAR) After Jack has a near fatal accident, he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New York's Underworld, where the dead reside until they are ready to move on. First in a series.

 

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.

 

Suck It Up by Brian Meehl (YA FIC MEE)

After graduating from the International Vampire League, a scrawny, teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity to humans and to demonstrate how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity.

 

Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales edited by Deborah Noyes (YA FIC GOT)

M. T. Anderson, Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Celia Rees and others lend their voices to this collection of horror tales. From stories of vampires to serial killers, each tale is bound to evoke spine tingling terror.

 

The Gatekeepers Series by Anthony Horowitz (YA FIC HOR)

Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.

 

Cirque du Freak: The Managa Series by Darren Shan (YA GRAPHIC NOVEL SHA)

The world of internationally acclaimed author Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak brought to life as you've never seen it before!

 

The Demonata Series 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.

 

Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman (YA FIC SHU)

When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra.

 

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (YA FIC WES)

Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected. Read the sequel Last Days.

 

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Woodson (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.

 

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List created by for the South Kingstown Public Library by Brandi Kenyon.

Last updated 10/09.