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October 12, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

An A to Z Look at YA Horror: So you want a spooky book for spooky season? A YA horror master list

An A to Z list look at some of the best YA horror out there

October 13, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: YA Horror 2014

It’s October, which means everything is pumpkin flavored or scented and you can’t change the channel without running across a horror movie. While I’m not big on horror movies – I haven’t been able to watch them ever since I saw The Ring because if the scary isn’t going to stay inside the TV box […]

July 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Amity by Micol Ostow

At my previous library, we had a patron who would check out the Amityville Horror book over and over again. I am sure this book was written for him, and for all horror fans. Publisher’s Book Description: Connor’s family moves to Amity to escape shady business deals. Ten years later, Gwen’s family moves to Amity […]

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Beware the Return of Point Horror

April 17, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Scholastic has heard your pleas for more horror and is in the midst of releasing some cool, easy and very accessible horror with the Point Horror line. This relaunched line combines technology with horror to create some fun, fast reads. I was able to read these titles quickly and, being a horror fan, I found […]

Haunted Readings: All Our Scary, Spooky and Otherwise Halloween Ready Book Lists in One Place

October 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Whether you are looking for twisted fairy tales, ghosts or more, we’ve got some great reads for you! Read if you dare. Alice in Wonderland retellings Aliens: They’re Here: Science Fiction with actual aliens Apocalypse Survival Tips from YA Lit Assasins: Teenage Assassins in YA Lit Beyond the Grave: dead narrators Bioengineering (Frankenstein 2012: YA […]

Book Review: The Dollhouse Asylum by Mary Gray

October 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Publisher Annotation: When the world is breaking all someone wants is safety. A virus that had once been contained has returned, and soon no place will be left untouched by its destruction. But when eighteen-year-old Cheyenne wakes up in Elysian Fields-a subdivision cut off from the world and its monster-creating virus-she is thrilled to have […]

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Horrifying Reads for October – recommended by teens! (Kearsten’s Booktalk This!)

October 15, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This September marked my third year doing a themed book club for 7th & 8th graders at a local K-8.  We meet in their school library during their lunch period, and share the books we’ve read recently.  This year, as we only have about 25 minutes together, we’ve adjusted our sharing style to title, author […]

Book Review: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

August 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Tana wakes in a bathtub after a night of partying only to realize that everyone else in the house has been slaughtered by vampires. Well, everyone except her former boyfriend, Aidan*, who has been bitten and saved for a snack.  In the process of saving him (oh, and the ancient vampire, Gavriel, chained up with […]

Book Review: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake

August 14, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

“Please,” she said. “Just tell me what you know.”“You can’t stop it, Athena,” Demeter said. “I see the feathers blooming under your skin. You’ll be weak. You’ll be too late.”“But there is a way to stop it.” “I don’t know. Not without great cost. There are tools that might help.” “What kind of tools?” Hermes […]

Five Questions with ROTTERS and SCOWLER author Daniel Kraus

June 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

June is Audio Book Month – take a minute to enter our giveaway! Listening Library is thrilled to talk horror, audio, and inspiration with Daniel Kraus, the author of two highly-acclaimed novels—both available on audio from Listening Library and recommended for YA listeners 14 and up. (As we like to say, “Listen with the Lights […]

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