Thrillers
and Chillers
TRY ONE!
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney (X/Delaney/Bk1). Tom finds out
that he is a seventh son of a seventh son.
It seems a sign that he should apprentice the village “spook”, who
protects the village from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked
beasties." Sounds like job security!
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert
Louis Stevenson (X/Stevenson). A kind and caring doctor concocts a secret
mixture, and tries drinking the results.
He is then transformed into a madman who needs to murder. Must have been a "Monster" drink!
Ashes by
Ilsa Bick (YA/Bick/Bk1). Alex is dying from a brain tumor. But that’s not the
worst thing. A terrible electromagnetic
pulse knocks her to the ground. When she
finally gets up, she finds that most of the people in the world have been wiped
out. Moving into the woods, she meets
Tom, a soldier who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an immature
eight-year-old girl. They form a team to
fight the zombie-like people who mean to harm them. Everything isn't always awesome when you're part of a team!
I Know What You Did Last Summer by
Lois Duncan (YA/PB/Duncan). Imagine driving with your friends, going home after a
party. It’s dark and a bicyclist darts
in front of you. The boy is dead, and
you are at fault. But what if nobody
catches you? How will the group keep the
secret, after they anonymously call the police?
How will they live with themselves when they get a note saying, “I know
what you did last summer.” Oh no....
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (YA/Gaiman or YA/Graphic/Gaiman). Nobody
Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other creatures
in the graveyard. Spooky but fun.
The Unbecoming of Mara
Dyer by MIchell Hodkin
(YA/Hodkin). Mara has a lot to deal with: she’s only seventeen and the only
one who survived a car accident. With
three friends gone, it almost crushes her to try to return to normal. Her family moves from Rhode Island to Florida, and somehow she finds love with
Noah. She suspects that something she
just can’t remember might help her to save her family and herself. It's riveting!
The Enemy
by Charles Higson (YA/PB/Higson).
A horrible disease has spread all over the earth, causing anyone over 16 to
deteriorate into zombies. Although teens
have barricaded themselves in a supermarket, they are forced to journey across
London to find sanctuary in Buckingham
Palace.
I Hunt Killers by Barry
Lyga (YA/Lyga). Do you know any murderers? Seventeen-year-old Jazz’s father is a serial
killer, who enjoyed teaching Jazz his “craft”.
Jazz has been psychologically scarred, but now that his father is in
jail, he is safe, right? Then he hears about a new set of murders. It’s creepy!
Rot & Ruin by
Jonathan Maberry (YA/PB/Maberry). The world has changed. Comfort is a thing of the past, and the
zombies are moving in. Benny is just 15,
and remembers his zombie father taking his mother away. Benny thinks his brother deserted them like a
coward, until Benny trains to be a bounty hunter like his brother. OMG!
Bonechiller by Graham
McNamee (YA/PB/McNamee). After Danny
is stung by a nasty soul-stealing beast, he and his three friends discover that
the police won’t help. They are forced
to fend for themselves—the four against a beast, that has taken people in the
town away for many years. Danny’s
girlfriend has a feeling she knows about the creature.
Bliss by Lauren Myracle (YA/Myracle). Bliss is a bit naïve,
growing up in a commune in California.
She visits Atlanta to spend time with her grandma, and vows to be a good
friend. But she shares a bit too much,
which makes her a target for so-called friends.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie
Ryan (YA/Ryan). Do not go past the fence, or you will
die. Mary hears the rule, but longs to
escape her walled village. She just
wants to know more about this life, and about the flesh-eating people who were
once dead.
Frankenstein by Mary
Wollstonecraft Shelley (YA/Shelley). Dr.
Frankenstein is obsessed with creating life from death. Read this incredible story that has inspired
many books and movies. Although it was
written long ago, it still give you goosebumps.
Alice in Zombieland by Gene
Showalter (YA/PB/Showalter/White/Bk1). Who can Alice Bell trust?
The undead have attacked her family and now she is the only one who can
avenge their deaths. Can she trust Cole
Holland? Doubtful!
Unwind by Neal Shusterman (YA/Shusterman). What will happen
to those who don’t fit in the future world? In this book, a new civil war between “pro-choice”
and “pro-life” groups can only be settled when a new doctrine is decided. The doctrine establishes that rebellious
teens or those that can’t be afforded will be eliminated. Their organs will be harvested for those who
need them, so they never technically die. In a future world where those between
the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and
their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths
to survive until they turn eighteen. Be-have!
Dracula by Bram Stoker (YA/Stoker or
YA/Graphic/Stoker). Jonathan Harker and his friends are having very
strange experiences. When Jonathan sees
the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, transform into a bat, and
when he gets a puncture wound on his neck, the friends decided to rid the world
of the count. I Vant to Bite Your Neck! Eek!
Malice by Christ Wooding (YA/Wooding/Bk1). Luke, Seth, and Kady love reading about Tall Jake in their comic
books. Jake is a sinister character, but
all is well because he is just a character on the page. Until Luke Seth, and Kady are suddenly pulled
into the pages of the book.
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
(YA/Yancy). Will apprentices with a man who appears to
study and hunt real monsters. When the
doctor brings home an injured girl and the monster that attacked her, his world
changes dramatically.
