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A List to Sink Your Teeth Into Vampire Books for Teens at JPL Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan This first of several books in The Saga of 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. The theft is successful, and he learns to control Madam Octa with a combination of flute music and ESP-until she bites Steve. Darren must then sell himself into vampire slavery to get the cure to the spider's poison. Further books in the series include The Vampire’s Assistant, Tunnels of Blood, Vampire Mountain, Trials of Death, and Hunters of the Dusk. [J SHA] Welcome to Shanville (Official Site) http://www.darrenshan.com/  Companions of the Night 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. [J VAN] Vivian Vande Velde’s Official Site http://vivianvandevelde.com/ 
The Darkangel by Meredith Ann PierceThe servant girl Aeriel must choose between destroying her vampire master for his evil deeds or saving him for the sake of his beauty and the spark of greatness she has seen in him. The first book of the Darkangel Trilogy. [Fiction Pierce, although the second and third books of the Trilogy are in YA Fiction.] Moon and Unicorn: The Website of Meredith Ann Pierce http://www.moonandunicorn.com/ 
Dracula by Bram StokerHaving 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. [J STO]  The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova In this riveting debut novel, 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. [Fiction Kostova]  Hunter’s Moon by Deborah Doyle Val Sherwood uses her predatory powers as a werewolf to track down vampires who are draining children of their blood, drop by drop, every night. [JP D] 
In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes [J ATW] Amelia Atwater-Rhodes’ Official Site http://www.randomhouse.com/wonderama/atwaterrhodes/  Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice We are in a small room with the vampire, face to face, as he speaks--as he pours out the hypnotic, shocking, and moving confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead. This book is the first of the Vampire Chronicles series. [Fiction Rice] Anne Rice: The Official Site http://www.annerice.com  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. [JP P] 
Look for Me by Moonlight 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. [J HAH]  My Sister, The Vampire by Nancy Garden A beautiful Maine summer turns deadly for Sarah, Tim, and Jenny Hoskins and their neighbors as they discover the horrifying truth about the strange new owners of Spool Island. [J GAR] Nancy Garden’s authorized website http://members.aol.com/nancygarden/  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. [Teen Fiction Wester] 
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King Stephen King: The Official Website http://www.stephenking.com  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. [J KLA] Princess Wolf: Unofficial Annette Curtis Klause Site http://www.eve7k.com/klause/  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. They chain her to the wall and leave her with another vampire, who is also chained. But the vampire, Constantine, doesn't try to eat her. Instead, he implores her to tell him stories to keep them both sane. Realizing she will have to save herself, Sunshine calls on the long-forgotten powers her grandmother began to cultivate in her when she was a child. She transforms her pocketknife into a key and unchains herself--and Constantine. [Fiction McKinley] 
Sweetblood by Pete Hautman Pete Hautman’s Website http://www.petehautman.com/ 
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson 
Those Who Hunt By Night by Barbara HamblyOxford professor James Asher, once an agent for the British government, is forced to help the vampires of Edwardian London, who are being destroyed one by one through exposure to sunlight as they lie sleeping in their coffins. If she does not oblige, his young wife, Lydia, will perish as have many other vampire victims over the years. Accompanied by one of the oldest of the vampires who has lived in London since the time of Elizabeth I, Asher begins his investigations. Meanwhile, Lydia, who is one of the few women physicians of the era, prowls through old property records and medical journals attempting to find other clues. [Fiction Hambly] The Barbara Hambly Page http://www.barbarahambly.com/  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. [Teen Fiction Meyer]  The Vampire by John Polidori/Les Martin A young Englishman traveling on the Continent with the mysterious Lord Ruthven comes to realize that his companion is an evil and murderous vampire. [JP M] 
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith Night World: Circle Daybreak (Unofficial Site) http://www.nightworld.net/nightworld/  Vampire High by Douglas Rees A boy learns how tough it is to be the new kid at school when your classmates are vampires. [J REE]  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. [J SCH]  133.423 BUN The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson With over 2,000 entries in A-to-Z format, it is a one-stop reference for everything and anything to do with vampires, from books and films to the history of the vampire legend and ways to resist these creatures.  J 398.45 DUN Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead by Manuela Dunn-Mascetti A collection of myth and folklore, literature and popular culture, gathers cautionary tales, firsthand encounters, diagrams, and tips on caring for or avoiding the blood-sucking, black angels that stalk the night. 
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