I know, I know, this sounds vaguely like the musical introduction to The Addams Family. Okay, perhaps exactly like it, minus the last line. You got me. But with Halloween right around the corner, what better way to set the mood for this week’s blog conversation: Young Adult book recommendations that just might result in a few chills up the ol’ spine.
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Three teens at a summer program for gifted students uncover shocking secrets in the sanatorium-turned-dorm where they're staying -- secrets that link them all to the asylum's dark past.
I Hunt Killers by Barry LygaJazz is a likable teenager, a charmer. But he's also the son of an infamous serial killer, and "Dear Old Dad" has taught Jazz everything he knows. What Jazz hasn’t figured out, though, is whether or not he is destined to follow in his father's footsteps. In an effort to right his father's wrongs, Jazz decides to assist the police in hunting down a mysterious threat.
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanNobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Rotters by Daniel KrausSixteen-year-old Joey's life takes a very strange turn when his mother's tragic death forces him to move from Chicago to rural Iowa with the father he has never known.
Alice in Zombieland by Gena ShowalterHad anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that's all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone. Her father was right. The monsters are real. To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn't careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies.
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare BlakeFor three years, seventeen-year-old Cas Lowood has carried on his father's work of dispatching the murderous dead whilst traveling with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Everything changes, however, when he meets Anna, a girl unlike any ghost he has faced before.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanThrough twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest. This is where the Unconsecrated dwell, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
A Monster Calls by Patrick NessThirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill -- an ancient creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
This readers advisory brought to you by YA Librarian, Chris.
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