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In this generation, she is Buffy Summers, 16 years old and a new student at Sunnydale High. Her experiences at…
her last school persuaded Buffy to try to resume the life of a normal teenager. But it is no coincidence that Buffy has come to this town at this time. Once in a century comes The Harvest: a night when the Master Vampire can draw enough power to break free and open the portal between his world and ours. For junior high readers. 1997. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer ; 1)
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers await death, whilst their…
guards watch over them. Good or evil, innocent or guilty, none of them have ever seen the likes of brutal new prisoner John Coffey, seemingly a devil in human form. Strong language. 1998, c1996.
Sam thinks the old stone mansion where he, Beth, and Jennie are spending their vacation, is haunted. She comes to…
his conclusion by witnessing the not-so-friendly housekeeper, weird notes, and funny noises coming from the attic. Could it be true? Grades 3-6. c1999. (Sam, dog detective)
Fourteen-year old Bing-wing Chan resents his father not only because the man gambles away all their money, but also because…
he now forces Bing to help him in his gruesome job. Ba is the bone collector, digging up the bones of the deceased Chinese so they can be sent to China. Bing encounters some strange incidents after they dig up a skeleton with no skull, but ghosts, magic and a fortune teller help him find his courage. For junior high readers. 2003.
Liz is awakened in the middle of the night by a mysterious voice softly calling her name. A blue light…
turns into a ghost in old-fashioned clothes, who appears for a moment and then fades through the wall. Liz tries to figure out who the ghost is, why she was calling her name, while unravelling some family secrets. Grades 3-6. 2005.
Claire Hansen, the Keeper, and Austin the outspoken cat, are summoned to the Elysian Fields Guest House to reseal a…
hole in the basement, which is literally an opening to Hell. The owner and monitor of the site disappears, leaving Claire stuck managing the place until the problem is solved. Not only does this seem like Claire's most challenging mission yet, it might be one she must handle forever. 1998.
Lucy Szabo has a theory that diabetics were the original vampires hundreds of years ago and, as a diabetic, she…
counts herself as a modern vampire. Visiting an online chatrooom using the name "Sweetblood", Lucy starts to get involved with a guy called Draco who claims to be a real vampire. As she gets more involved, her life begins to unravel around her, and her ability to regulate her blood sugar worsens. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. Senior high readers. 2003.
Summer 1990. Crystal Beach in Ontario has lost its beloved, long-running amusement park, leaving the lakeside village a virtual ghost…
town. It is back to this fallen community that Starla Mia Martin must return to live with her overbearing mother after dropping out of university and racking up significant debt. But an economic downturn, mother-daughter drama, and Generation X disillusionment soon prove to be the least of Starla's troubles: a mysterious and salacious force begins to dog her; inexplicable sounds in the night and unimaginable sites spotted in the periphery. Soon enough, Starla must confront the unresolved traumas that haunt Crystal Beach. Where others might feel fear, Starla feels lust and queer desire. When others might run, Starla draws the horror nearer. And in turn, she draws a host of capricious characters toward her--all of them challenged to seek answers beyond their own temporal realities. 2018.
Inmate Kate Fitzgerald, a Freud expert, is offered parole by prison psychiatrist Gardonne if she can uncover what researcher Anders…
Konzak has found that will "make psychoanalysis obsolete". When key players - who were all last seen with Kate - begin turning up dead, she suspects she's being set up - who would believe a convict who murdered her husband? All she can hope is that following the threads of Konzak's research will keep her one step ahead of Gardonne, and lead her to the real killer. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.
Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the…
forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Sequel to "Twilight" (DC36021). For senior high and older readers. 2007. (Twilight ; 2)
Asia has lived with Ira and his wife Maddy for as long as she can remember. She loves their farm,…
but when Ira has a heart attack, Asia's world is turned upside down. Distraught at the possibility of losing the only family she has ever known, Asia is frightened but fascinated by the appearance of a ghost - a ghost only Asia can see and hear. Grades 5-8. 2006.
Annie Engel turns into a werewolf and hunts down human prey at each full moon. But Annie in wolf form…
has not gone unnoticed, and she is chased through the big city by a TV reporter on his first big story, a psychiatrist who wants to save her from her predatory side, a male werewolf who wants to save her from the psychiatrist, and a dragnet ordered by a mayor nervous about losing the tourist trade. They all want Annie, and they all want to get to her first. 2002.
Not much scares Will and Marty, until they travel with their family to a seaside town famous for its resident…
ghost. Legend has it that when the sea glows at night, the pirate captain Augustine Crow haunts the shore, searching for a new cabin boy. Of course, Will knows this can't be true, but one night, the sea is lit with an eerie glow - and is that a ghostly voice calling his name? Grades 2-4. 2005.
Johnny Peterson was the kind of lad who could light up a room and inspire the best in everyone he…
met. Then one night he was killed by a car. Appearing only to his withdrawn younger brother and his grief-stricken mother, Johnny's appearances as an angel will change the lives of everyone. 2003.
Middle-aged rock star Judas Coyne collects morbid curios. He buys a haunted suit online and discovers that it belonged to…
Craddock McDermott, the deceased stepfather of one of Coyne’s groupies. Over time, both Coyne’s own motives and those of McDermott’s ghost are revealed. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 2007.
When Max makes a deal with the two ghosts in his bedroom, to find out how these friends became spirits,…
he must switch brains with the only witness to the event - a chimpanzee. Grades 3-6. 2005. (Mostly ghostly ; 7)
Years after the horrifying events at the Overlook Hotel, recovering alcoholic Danny Torrance has learned to control his supernatural abilities.…
He befriends a twelve-year-old whose own psychic powers put her at risk. Sequel to «The Shining». Bestseller. 2013.
The last time seventeen-year-old Amelia Mackenzie saw her best friend Matthew alive, he broke her heart. When he is found…
the next day in an abandoned barn at the edge of town, an apparent suicide, Amelia's whole world comes crashing down. And then she sees him again. Because Amelia has a secret that even Matthew didn't know: sometimes, she sees ghosts. When a local history columnist named Morris Dyson contacts Amelia after the funeral and tells her that he thinks the barn Matthew died in is haunted, and that Matthew wasn't its first victim, an unlikely partnership is born. For senior high readers. 2013.
Goodlands, North Dakota. It should be a perfect place to farm and raise a family, but four years without rain…
have brought the town to its knees. In desperation, banker Karen Grange asks Tom Keatley, a rainmaker, to pull rain from the sky. Strong language and some descriptions of violence. c1997.
Following her death, auto restorer Altagracia "Grace" Quintero awakens in a timeless realm inhabited by her recently deceased neighbours. Briefly…
returned to our world during Halloween night, Grace falls in love with John, a young artist, and he returns the feeling even when he discovers her condition. 2009.