Books for young readers

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

Audience: High School
Rating: A
Synopsis:
Oakvale High has your typical cliques: the goths, the jocks, the brains, etc… but there’s also a strange, new, and growing group: the zombies. It’s not politically correct to call them zombies anymore; they’re now the ‘living impaired.’ And Phoebe’s got a problem: she’s very intrigued by Tommy, the zombie [...]

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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy: Book 1
Audience: Young Adult
Rating: A
Synopsis:
This fantastic story is set in Victorian England. Gemma has just moved back to England from India after her mother dies in mysterious circumstances. At her new finishing school, Spence Academy, Gemma makes new friends and learns more about herself and the mystical other [...]

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Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Audience: 9 and up
Rating: A
Synopsis:
Her name is Coraline, not Caroline, and she’s very curious. She has just moved with her parents into a very large house, and Coraline is eager to explore her yard, her strange new neighbors, and she’s especially curious about the door in the drawing room. This curiosity gets Coraline [...]

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