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Rhode Island Teen Book Award Winner - 2007
2006 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection
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Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. When she meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen--a vampire--her life takes a thrilling and terrifying romantic turn. ...More

2007 Teens’ Top Ten Winner
This follow-up novel to the New York Times bestseller Twilight proves to be another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. Star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward face new obstacles in this vampire love story. ...More

The author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Twilight" and "New Moon" delivers the much-anticipated third novel in this engrossing series. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella Swan once again finds herself surrounded by danger. ...More

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Werewolves, vampires, and human hybrids all work up an appetite in this delicious debut novel of dark fantasy, young love, and culinary secrets. ...More

Tayshas Reading List 2007-2008
Schuyler Van Alen begins to wonder if the legends of vampires are really true. When she turns 15, she starts to crave raw food and is having flashbacks to ancient times. After a classmate is found dead--and bloodless--Schuyler doesn't know what to think. ...More

In this second installment of the Blue Bloods saga, preparations are underway in New York for an exclusive gala hosted by the city's wealthy, powerful, and unhuman--a true Blue Blood affair. But it is an after-party masquerade where true danger lurks, and a young vampire's destiny is changed. ...More

CCBC Choices - 1990
A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoe come to terms with her mother's terminal illness. ...More

This is a completely revised edition of Bram Stoker's masterpiece of horror featuring the bloodthirsty count. ...More

Tayshas Reading List 2008-2009

College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood. Original. ...More

Lucy Hellenberg is not your typical Pacific Cedar High student. Because in between hanging out with her friends, hating her hair and her math teacher, and trying to decide whether she should dump her on-again off-again boyfriend, she has to deal with a father who refuses to go outside and a house that bears way too much resemblance to the set of "The Munsters,"
And that's not all. Lucy has just discovered that she's a descendent of the lovely Lucy in Bram Stoker's Dracula-and that vampires really do exist (right here at Pacific Cedar High!). Now, she has to accessorize her homecoming dress with a necklace of garlic and learn how to drive while driving away vampires-without becoming their next victim. ...More

2006 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection
Bursting with the sharp intelligence and sly humor that's fast becoming his trademark, Westerfeld's new novel is an utterly original take on an archetype of horror--the vampire. ...More