Vampires


 * Vampires: A List to Sink Your Teeth Into - Fiction for Teens **

//**Bloodline**// by Kate Cary When 19-year-old John Shaw returns from fighting in World War I, he is haunted by nightmares--not only of the ravages of war, but of the brutal, almost superhuman feats of his commander, Quincey Harker. Sequel: **//Bloodline: Reckoning//**

Jason Freeman enjoys his new high school, but he notices too many strange events there which lead to a girl who washes up on the beach with a suspicious bite mark. There are three more books in the series.
 * //Bloodlust (Vampire Beach #1)//** by Alex Duval

Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines. Sequel: Masquerade
 * //Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz

Boys That Bite by Marianne Mancusi Bitten by a vampire after being mistaken for her Goth twin sister, Rayne, sixteen-year-old Sunny is in a race against time as she tries to prevent herself from becoming a vampire permanently. Series: Girls That Growl and Stake That!

Chibi Vampire by Yuna Kagesaki Karin is a cute little girl who also happens to be a vampire... with a twist. She's a vamp with blood to spare, so rather than stealing blood from humans she actually gives her blood to them. If done right, this can be an extremely positive experience that benefits the "victim" as much as the vamp. The problem is that Karin never seems to do things right!

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer Junior high really sucks for 13-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother is human, but his father is a vampire.

Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan When a bizarre-sounding freak show comes to town, Darren and his friend Steve sneak out to attend, and Steve recognizes one of the performers-as a centuries-old vampire. Darren decides he must steal the vampire's performing, poisonous spider. There are eleven more titles in this series.

Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde When sixteen-year-old Kerry Nowicki helps a young man escape from a group of men who claim he is a vampire, she finds herself faced with some bizarre and dangerous choices.

Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine As this story opens, Destiny and Livvy are completing their summer jobs as camp counselors. Little did they know that one of the other counselors, a mysterious and very handsome young man with an Italian accent, would be the cause of much tragedy and distress for the twins in upcoming weeks. The sequel is A Taste of Night.

Dracula by Bram Stoker Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner Elizabeth Frasier's junior year of high school was going just fine. But thanks to a bunch of vampire jocks, she ends up undead, and with a thirst that a thousand Diet Cokes can't quench. Now she's out for blood--and revenge.

High School Bites: The Lucy Chronicles by Liza Conrad Lucy has just discovered that she’s a descendant of Lucy in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and that vampires really do exist—right in Seattle.

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova A young girl discovers her father's darkest secret and embarks on a harrowing journey across Europe to complete the quest he never could--the quest to find history's most legendary fiend: Dracula.

In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will.

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice The first of the popular Vampire Chronicles series.

The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike Alisa Perne is a five-thousand-year-old vampire. For ages she has hunted humanity, loved humanity, but now someone hunts her. Who is this person-- what is he or she? Another vampire? Alisa is not sure. She thought she was the last of her kind. This book is the first of six in the series.

Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, sixteen-year-old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her father's new family and finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.

Marked (A House of Night novel) by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast In this first book of a new series, 16-year-old Zoey Redbird enters the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been RmarkedS by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. Further books in the series: Betrayed and Chosen.

The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel by Drew Hayden Taylor A troubled teenager's life on a reservation is complicated when her father rents her room to an ancient vampire, newly returned to his tribal home from Europe.

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

Salem’s Lot by Stephen King The town knew darkness...and the awful, heavy silence of terrifying images grotesquely dancing in and out of the shadows. . .But no one living in 'Salem's Lot dared talk about the high, sweet laughter of a child...and the terrible sucking sounds...

The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause Feeling alienated from everyone during her mother's terminal illness, Zoe comes under the spell of Simon, a vampire doomed to live until he avenges the death of his mother 300 years earlier.

Sunshine by Robin McKinley Rae Seddon, nicknamed Sunshine, lives a quiet life working at her stepfather's bakery. One night, she goes out to the lake for some peace and quiet. Big mistake. She is set upon by vampires, who take her to an old mansion.

The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J Smith The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl who cornes between them. First of a series of four books.

Sweetblood by Pete Hautman When Lucy suggests in a term paper that the symptoms of untreated diabetes might look a lot like vampirism, she gets in a world of trouble--her teacher thinks she's disturbed and her parents are worried. Then Lucy meets a man who claims to be a real vampire.

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith Werewolves, vampires, and human hybrids all work up an appetite in this delicious debut novel of dark fantasy, young love, and culinary secrets.

Thirsty by M.T. Anderson From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. The sequels are New Moon and Eclipse. The fourth book, Breaking Dawn, will be released in August 2008.

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots.

Vampire High by Douglas Rees A boy learns how tough it is to be the new kid at school when your classmates are vampires.

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schrieber Sixteen-year-old Raven, an outcast who always wears black and hopes to become a vampire some day, falls in love with the mysterious new boy in town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true. Sequels: Vampire Kisses 2: Kissing Coffins and Vampire Kisses 3: Vampireville.//**

Updated 5/28/2008 - ljbj