Thematic Literature Activity

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Thematic Literature Activity
Book Recommendations for Horror, Science
Fiction, and Fantasy

• Kim Sheibley
• SLM 553
• Fall 2009/Spring 2010

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HORRORVampires

• The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series by Heather
  Brewer
• Eighth Grade Bites
• Ninth Grade Slays
• Tenth Grade Bleeds
• Look for Me By Midnight by Mary Downing Hahn
• A Taste for Red by Lewis Harris
• Bunnicula A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah
  and James Howe
• The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe
• The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
• The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
• Twilight
• New Moon
• Eclipse
• Breaking Dawn

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HORRORVampires

• The Hitchhiking Vampire by Stephen Mooser
• The Dark Angel by Meredith Ann Pierce
• Vampire High by Douglas Rees
• The Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schrieber
• Vampire Kisses
• Kissing Coffins
• Vampireville
• Dance with a Vampire
• The Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan
• The Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Companions of the Night by Viviane Vande Velde

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HORRORWerewolves

• Curse of a Winter Moon by Mary Casanova
• Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis
• Tartabulls Throw by Henry Garfield
• The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings
• Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
• New Moon
• Eclipse
• Breaking Dawn
• Blood Beast by Darren Shan
• Red Riders Hood (Dark Fusion, Book 2) by Neal
  Shusterman
• Curse of the Night Wolf by Paul Stewart Chris
  Riddell
• Wolf Pack by Edo Van Belkom

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HORRORMonsters

• Basilisk by N.M. Browne
• Peters Angel A Story About Monsters by Hope
  Campbell
• The Beast of Noor by Janet Lee Carey
• Foundling by D.M. Cornish
• Lamplighter by D.M. Cornish
• The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
• The Chimera by Bernard Evslin
• Medusa by Bernard Evslin
• Mungo by Rosalie K. Fry
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg
• Gossamer by Lois Lowry
• Are You in the House Alone? by Richard Peck
• Clockwork (or All Wound Up) by Phillip Pullman
• The Death Collector by Justin Richards
• The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
• The Lightning Thief
• The Sea of Monsters
• The Titans Curse

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HORRORMonsters

• The Demonata series by Darren Shan
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Here Be Monsters! An Adventure Involving Magic,
  Trolls, and Other Creatures by Alan Snow
• The Boxes by William Sleator
• Sasquatch by Roland Smith
• Dusssie by Nancy Springer
• Doppelganger by David Stahler
• The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
• The Siren Song by Anne Ursu
• The Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld
• The Secret Hour
• Touching Darkness
• Blue Noon
• Seal of Solomon by Rick Yancey
• The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel
• Loch by Paul Zindel
• Raptor by Paul Zindel
• Rats by Paul Zindel
• Reef of Death by Paul Zindel

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HORRORSupernatural

• Kits Wilderness by David Almond
• The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
• Snakecharm by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
• The Seer of Shadows by Avi
• Something Upstairs by Avi
• Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
• The Presence by Eve Bunting
• The Empty Mirror by James Lincoln Collier
• Stonewords A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad
• The Boggart by Susan Cooper
• The House Next Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick
• Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
• The Secret of Whispering Springs by Jerri
  Garretson
• Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
• A Doll in the Garden A Ghost Story by Mary
  Downing Hahn
• Look for Me By Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn
• Time for Andrew A Ghost Story by Mary Downing
  Hahn
• The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn

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HORRORSupernatural

• Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
• Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
• The Great Ghost Race by Eva Ibbotson
• The Haunting of Granite Falls by Eva Ibbotson
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• Breathe A Ghost Story by Cliff McNish
• Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• The Haunting by Joan Lowry Nixon
• Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowry Nixon
• Haunting at Home Plate by David Patneaude
• A Drowned Maidens Hair A Melodrama by Laura Amy
  Schlitz
• The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick
• Duckling Ugly by Neal Shusterman
• Everlost by Neal Shusterman
• Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by
  Robert Louis Stevenson
• Around by Vivian Vande Velde
• Being Dead by Vivian Vande Velde

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SCIENCE FICTIONAliens

• Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
• The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
• Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville
• Aliens Stonle My Body by Bruce Coville
• I Was a 6th Grade Alien by Bruce Coville
• My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
• The Exchange Student by Katie Gilmore
• Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause
• Alien in a Bottle by Kathy Mackel

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SCIENCE FICTIONAliens

• The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
• Daniel X Alien Hunter by James Patterson
  (Graphic Novel)
• Simon Bloom The Gravity Keeper by Michael
  Reisman
• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
• The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman
• The Boxes by William Sleator
• The Duplicate by William Sleator
• Interstellar Pig by William Sleator
• The Last Universe by William Sleator
• The Night the Heads Came by William Sleator
• Space Race by Sylvia Waugh

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SCIENCE FICTIONAlternate or Parallel Universes

• Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson
• The Fire-us Trilogy by Jennifer Armstrong Nancy
  Butcher
• The Kindling
• Keepers of the Flame
• The Kiln
• The House of the Scorpian by Nancy Farmer
• Interworld by Neil Gaiman
• The Shadow Children series by M.P. Haddix
• Among the Hidden
• Among the Imposters
• Among the Betrayed
• Among the Barons
• Among the Brave
• Among the Enemy
• Among the Free
• The Missing series by by M.P. Haddix
• Found
• Sent
• Turnabout by M.P. Haddix

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SCIENCE FICTIONAlternate or Parallel Universes

• The Seems series by John Hulme and Michael Wexler
• The Glitch in Sleep
• The Split Second
• The Lost Train of Thought
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LEngle
• The Young Unicorns by Madeleine LEngle
• The Giver series by Lois Lowry
• The Giver
• Gathering Blue
• Messenger
• Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
• His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman
• The Golden Compass
• The Subtle Knife
• Amber Spyglass
• Larklight by Philip Reeve
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee
  Stewart
• Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde

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SCIENCE FICTIONTime Travel

• Archers Quest by Linda Sue Park
• Drift House The First Voyage by Dale Peck
• Paint By Magic by Katherine Reiss
• Marcos Millions by William Sleator
• Jumpman Rule 1 Dont Touch Anything by James
  Valentine
• The Golden Hour by Maiya Williams
• The Hour of the Cobra by Maiya Williams
• The Hour of the Outlaw by Maiya Williams
• Danger Boy series by Mark London Williams
• Ancient Fire
• Dragon Sword
• Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson

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SCIENCE FICTIONTime Travel

• The Gideon Trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer
• Book 2The Time Thief
• Extra Book Gideon the Cutpurse Being the First
  
• Part of the Gideon Triliogy
• Nick of Time by Ted Bell
• The Time series by Caroline Cooney
• Both Sides of Time
• Out of Time
• Prisoner of Time
• For All Time
• Baseball Card Adventures series by Dan Gutman
• Many Waters by Madeleine LEngle

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FANTASYMagic, Witchcraft, Wizardry

• The Lost Years of Merlin series by T. A. Barron
• Well Wished by Franny Billingsly
• Jinx by Meg Cabot
• So You Want to be a Wizard? by Diane Duane
• Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
• The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz
• Which Witch by Eva Ibbotson
• Not Just a Witch by Eva Ibbotson
• The Whitby Witches by Robin Jarvis
• The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
• Skulduggery Pleasant The Scepter of the Ancients
  by Derek Landy
• Savvy by Ingrid Law
• The Wish by Gail Carson Levine
• The Damar series by Robin McKinley
• The Blue Sword
• The Hero and the Crown
• The Stone Fey by Robin McKinley

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FANTASYMagic, Witchcraft, Wizardry

• Bras Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski
• Witchs Sister by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• The Children of the Red King/Charlie Bone series
  by Jenny Nimmo
• Midnight For Charlie Bone
• Charlie Bone And The Time Twister
• Charlie Bone And The Invisible Boy
• Charlie Bone And The Castle Of Mirrors
• Charlie Bone And The Hidden King
• Charlie Bone And The Beast
• Wolf Brother by Michelle Pavere
• The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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FANTASYMagic, Witchcraft, Wizardry

• The Alcatraz series by Brandon Sanderson
• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
• Alcatraz Versus the Scrivners Bones
• The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
• The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Shroud
• The Amulet of Samarkand
• The Golems Eye
• Ptolemys Gate
• The Other Ones by Jean Thesman
• Curses, Inc. And Other Stories by Vivian Vande
  Velde
• Magic Can Be Murder by Vivian Vande Velde
• Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde
• Now You See It by Vivian Vande Velde
• Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde
• Witch Dreams by Vivian Vande Velde

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FANTASYDragons

• Merlins Dragon by T. A. Barron
• The Prophecy by Hilari Bell
• Dragons Keep by Janet Lee Carey
• Dragon Flight by Jessica George Day
• Dragon Slippers by Jessica George Day
• The Dragon Trilogy by Chris DLacey
• Book 2 Icefire
• Book 3 Fire Star
• Dragonrider by Cornelia Caroline Funke
• Eon by Alison Goodman
• Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
• Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
• Dragons Egg by Sarah Thomson
• Dragons Bait by Vivian Vande Velde

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FANTASYOther Worlds

• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
• The High King by Lloyd Alexander
• Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
• Peter and the Starcatchers
• Peter and the Shadow Thieves
• Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
• The Farsala series by Hilari Bell
• Fall of a Kindom
• Rise of a Hero
• The Last Night A Knight and Rogue Novel by
  Hilari Bell
• The Shield, Sword, and Crown series by Hilari
  Bell
• Shield of Stars
• Sword of Waters
• The Spiderwick Chronicles Beyond the Spiderwick
  Chronicles series by Holly Black Tony
  DiTerlizzi
• Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

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FANTASYOther Worlds

• The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper
• Over Sea, Under Stone
• The Dark is Rising
• Greenwitch
• The Grey King
• Silver on the Tree
• The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
• The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
• Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
• Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Caroline Funke
• The Inkworld Trilogy by Cornelia Caroline Funke
• Pure Dead Magix by Debi Gliori
• The Witchs Boy by Michael Gruber
• Just Ella by M.P. Haddix
• Palace of Mirrors by M.P. Haddix
• The Pendragon series by D.J. Hale
• The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
• Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
• The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

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FANTASYOther Worlds

• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
• Rapunzels Revenge by Shannon Hale
• The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis
• Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
• The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
• Cindrella and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson
  Levine
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Ever by Gail Carson Levine
• Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
• The Fairys Mistake by Gail Carson Levine
• The Fairys Return by Gail Carson Levine
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson
  Levine
• The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
• Beauty by Robin McKinley
• Chalice by Robin McKinley
• Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
• Spindles End by Robin McKinley
• Bound by Donna Jo Napoli

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FANTASYOther Worlds

• The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix
• Sabriel
• Lirael
• Ahorsen
• Daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix
• Shades Children by Garth Nix
• The Amazin Maurice and his Educated Rodents by
  Terry Pratchett
• A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
• Nation by Terry Pratchett
• The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
• The Alcatraz series by Brandon Sanderson
• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
• Alcatraz Versus the Scrivners Bones
• Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt
• Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde
• The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde
• Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters
  Weird by Vivian Vande Velde

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FANTASYUnicorns

• Unicorns in the Rain by Barbara Cohen
• A Glory of Unicorns compiled by Bruce Coville
• The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville
• Into the Land of the Unicorns
• Song of the Wanderer
• Dark Whispers
• Unicorns by Patricia D. Netzley
• The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard
• The Transfigured Hart by Jane Yolen

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FANTASYMermaids

• Selkie Girl A Novel by Laurie Brooks
• Half-Human compiled edited by Bruce Coville
• Ingo by Helen Dunmore
• The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
• Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
• Thora by Gillian Johnson
• Water Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin
  McKinley
• Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
• Drift House The First Voyage by Dale Peck