A
Fate Totally Worse than Death by Paul Fleischman
In this horror novel parody, three self-centered members
of Cliffside High School's ruling clique, who are beginning
to age rapidly, become convinced that the beautiful new
exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death
they caused the year before.
Being
Dead by Vivian Vande Velde
Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do
with death.
The
Boy Who Couldn't Die by William Sleator
Sixteen-year-old Ken loses his best friend in a plane
crash and now he wants to be invulnerable. He finds a
psychic who claims she can make him immortal for $50--if
he will give up his soul. Ken agrees, but soon realizes
that the psychic may be exacting a more sinister payment.
Clay
by David Almond
Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie,
are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They're
full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose
comes to town. Father O'Mahoney thinks it would be a good
idea for Davie and Geordie to befriend him--maybe some
of their good nature will rub off on this unhappy soul.
But it's Stephen who sees something special in Davie.
Stephen's a gifted sculptor. One day as Davie looks on,
Stephen brings a tiny figure to life. It's a talent he
has, the gift of creation--and he knows that Davie has
this talent, too. Davie allows Stephen to convince him
to help bring a life-size figure to life--and Clay is
born. Clay is innocent, but Stephen has special plans
for him. What has Davie helped to unleash on the world?
Dreadful
Sorry by Kathryn Reiss
Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become
waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon
she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who
lived in her father's house nearly a century before.
Full
Tilt by Neal Shusterman
Two brothers are thrust into the world of a bizarre phantom
carnival where the price of admission is their souls.
To save his reckless brother, Blake -- the responsible
one -- must survive seven carnival rides before dawn.
. . and each ride is a reflection of one of Blake's deepest
fears.
Grand
& Humble by Brent Hartinger
Harlan's a popular kid and Manny's a geek. But something
strange is happening to both of them. Harlan is slowly
losing his grip because he's plagued by panic attacks
he can't control. And Manny has started having nerve-racking
nightmares that leave him exhausted and terrified.
Lord
Loss by Darren Shan
Grubbs Grady opts out of a family trip, never anticipating
that he's about to take a terrifying journey into darkness
where demons and werewolves haunt his waking nightmares.
The
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos
In his third book for young adults, Gantos scripts a completely
original drama. With gothic flavor and black humor, he
depicts a group of people bound together by love, compulsion
. . . and a passion for taxidermy.
Tenderness
by Robert Comier
Eighteen-year-old Eric has just been release
from juvenile detention for murdering his parents. Now
he's looking for tenderness--tenderness he finds in killing
girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again.
Emotionally naive and sexually precocious, she is also
looking for tenderness--tenderness that she finds in Eric.
Will Lori and Eric be each other's salvation or destruction.
