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Looking for a book with a little bite? How about one of these?

YA F ATW In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died & was transformed against her will.

(Other vampire novels by this author include: Demon in My View, Shattered Mirror, Midnight Predator, & Persistence of Memory)

YA F BRE The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eight Grade Bites by Heather Brewer

For 13 years, Vlad, aided by his aunt & best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, & to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.

(Sequels include: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Ninth Grade Slays)

YA F CAS Marked by P.C. Cast

16 year old Zoey Redbird is Marked as a fledging vampyre & joins the House of Night where she will train to become an adult vampyre.

(Sequels include: Betrayed, Chosen, Untamed, & Hunted)

YA F DEL Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest & most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines.

(Sequels include: Masquerade & Revelations)

YA F HAH Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn

While staying at the remote & reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father & pregnant stepmother, 16 year old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her father's new family & finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.

YA F HAU Sweetblood by Pete Hautman

After a lifetime of being a model student, 16 year old Lucy Szabo is  suddenly in trouble at school, at home, with the "proto-vampires" she has met online & in person, & most of all with her uncontolled diabetes.

YA F MEE Suck It Up by Brian Meehl

A teenage vampire sets out to prove that not all vampires are the same by demonstrating his non-violent attitude, his sensitive nature, & his desperate need for understanding as the soy-blood substitue drinking guy & Vampire Pride Parade participant that he is.

YA F MEY Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

When 16 year old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction & who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

(Sequels include: New Moon, Eclipse, & Breaking Dawn)

YA F PAU Sucks to Be Me: The all-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire by Kimberly Pauley

When 16 year old Mina is forced to take a class to help her decide whether or not to become a vampire like her parents, she also faces a choice between her life-long best friend & the boy she has a crush on versus new friends & possible boyfriends in her mandatory "vampire lessons".

YA F SHA Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan

Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire & a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

(Sequels include: The Vampire's Assistant, Tunnels of Blood, Vampire Mountain, Trials of Death, The Vampire Prince, Hunters of the Dusk, Allies of the Night, Killers of the Dawn, The Lake of Souls, Lord of the Shadows, & Sons of Destiny)

YA F SMI Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand reopening of her family's vampire-themed restuarant, 17 year old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love-interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.

YA F STO Dracula by Bram Stoker

The classic tale of the bizarre Carpathian count, who drinks blood to stay alive, & the Englishman who knows his secret.

YA F WES Peeps: A Novel by Scott Westerfeld

Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, & must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.

YA F WES The Last Days: A Novel by Scott Westerfeld

As an ancient evil stirs beneath the streets of New York City, infecting rats & people like a plague, five quirky teens come together to form a "New Sound" band whose music seems to have paranormal power.

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