{"id":2443,"date":"2013-05-09T14:29:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T18:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2013-05-09T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T18:29:57","slug":"summer-reading-is-killing-me-part-2-tween-and-middle-school-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/summer-reading-is-killing-me-part-2-tween-and-middle-school-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading Is Killing Me! Part 2: Tween and Middle School Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"

It turns out I actually don’t have to do much work to provide you with a good list of scary books for summer reading. Andrea Lipinski has done most of the work for me in the New York Public Library’s blog with a post titled Dark, Creepy, Spooky, Scary Crossover Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’ve actually reviewed a bunch of these here, although I’m not sure we completely agree with her age recommendations. You might check out our reviews to see what we thought. There are some great books on the list, though!<\/p>\n

Reviewed here:<\/p>\n

Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod<\/a>\u00a0(first in a series)<\/p>\n

Anya’s Ghost<\/a> by Vera Brogsol (this was a Stoker nominee last year in the YA category)<\/p>\n

A Tale Dark and Grimm<\/a> by Adam Gidwitz<\/p>\n

Tales from Lovecraft Middle School: Professor Gargoyle<\/a> by Charles Gilman (first in a series)<\/p>\n

Coraline<\/a> by Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

The Graveyard Book <\/a>by Neil Gaiman (a Newbery Award winner)<\/p>\n

Rot & Ruin<\/a> by Jonathan Maberry (a Stoker Award winner in the YA category last year, and first in a series– followed by Dust & Decay<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Monster Calls<\/a> by Patrick Ness (a Stoker nominee last year)<\/p>\n

Three Quarters Dead<\/a> by Richard Peck<\/p>\n

Zom-B<\/a> by Darren Shan (first in a series that will eventually comprise thirteen books)<\/p>\n

Strange Angels<\/a> by Lili St. Crow (first in a series)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here are some additional suggestions from our own Middle School List. With a very few exceptions, we’ve reviewed nearly all of these:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Zombies<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Generation Dead <\/b>by Daniel Waters<\/p>\n

Generation Dead: Kiss of Life<\/b> by Daniel Waters<\/p>\n

Rot and Ruin<\/b> by Jonathan Maberry<\/p>\n

The Dead<\/b> by Charlie Higson<\/p>\n

The Enemy<\/b> by Charlie Higson<\/p>\n

Zombie Queen of Newbery High<\/b> by Amanda Ashby<\/p>\n

You Are So Undead to Me<\/b> by Stacey Jay<\/p>\n

Zombie Blondes<\/b> by Brian James<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Supernatural Horror<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The Westing Game<\/b> by Ellen Raskin<\/p>\n

The Egypt Game<\/b> by Zilpha Keately Snyder<\/p>\n

The Near Witch<\/b> by Victoria Schwab<\/p>\n

Cryer\u2019s Cross<\/b> by Lisa McMann<\/p>\n

The Seer of Shadows<\/b> by Avi<\/p>\n

The Other Side of Dark<\/b> by Sarah Smith<\/p>\n

Blackbriar, Fingers<\/b> and others by William Sleator<\/p>\n

Stranger With My Face, I Know What You Did Last Summer,<\/b> and others by Lois Duncan<\/p>\n

Ghosts I Have Been, Thirteen Past Dead<\/b>, and others by Richard Peck<\/p>\n

Monster\u2019s Proof<\/b> by Richard Lewis<\/p>\n

Skeleton Man<\/b> and others by Joseph Bruchac<\/p>\n

Demonglass <\/b>by Rachel Hawkins<\/p>\n

Bad Girls Don\u2019t Die<\/b> by Katie Alender<\/p>\n

From Bad to Cursed<\/b> by Katie Alender<\/p>\n

Mercy <\/b>by Rebecca Lim<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vampires<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Sucks to be Me: The all-true confessions of Mina Hamilton, Vampire (maybe) <\/b>by Kimberly Pauley<\/p>\n

Still Sucks to be Me: The all-true confessions of Mina Smith, Teen Vampire<\/b> by Kimberly Pauley<\/p>\n

Parliament of Blood<\/b> by Justin Richards<\/p>\n

Blood Ninja<\/b> by Nick Lake<\/p>\n

Look for Me by Moonlight<\/b> by Mary Downing Hahn<\/p>\n

The Silver Kiss<\/b> by Annette Curtis Klause<\/p>\n

Vampire Loves<\/b> by Joann Sfar (graphic novel)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Werewolves<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Blood and Chocolate<\/b> by Annette Curtis Klause<\/p>\n

Wereworld <\/b>by Curtis Jobling<\/p>\n

Under My Skin<\/b> by Judith Graves<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Anthologies<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Bloody Horowitz<\/b> by Anthony Horowitz (collection)<\/p>\n

Fear <\/b>by R.L.\u00a0 Stine<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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It turns out I actually don’t have to do much work to provide you with a good list of scary books for summer reading. Andrea Lipinski has done most of the work for me in the New York Public Library’s blog with a post titled Dark, Creepy, Spooky, Scary Crossover Books. We’ve actually reviewed a<\/p>\n

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