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Must Read YA Horror
Within These Wicked Walls by Call Number: YA FICTION BLACKWOOAndromeda is an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye--or would be, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she could earn her license. Now her only hope of steady work is to find a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities. When handsome young heir Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without question. Never mind that he’s rude and demanding and eccentric, that the contract comes with a number of outlandish rules… and that almost a dozen debtera had quit before her. If Andromeda wants to earn a living, she has no choice...
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Call Number: YA FICTION DOUGLASSWhen a murderous ghost begins to haunt sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston, high school soon becomes a different kind of survival game.
The Dead and the Dark by Call Number: YA FICTION GOULDWhen Logan, the adopted daughter of reality television ghosthunters, teams up with Ashley to search for missing teens in Snakebite, Oregon, they find themselves falling for each other as they uncover a hidden evil.
White Smoke by Call Number: YA FICTION JACKSONBelieving her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.
The Honeys by Call Number: YA FICTION LA SALAAfter his twin sister Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars takes her place at the elite Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy where he finds himself hunted by something toying with his mind that leads him to the Honeys, a group of beautiful--and terrifying--girls.
The Mary Shelley Club by Call Number: YA FICTION MOLDAVSKYNew girl Rachel Chavez is eager to make a fresh start at Manchester Prep. But as one of the few scholarship kids, Rachel struggles to fit in, and when she gets caught up in a prank gone awry, she ends up with more enemies than friends. To her surprise, however, the prank attracts the attention of the Mary Shelley Club, a secret club of students with one objective: come up with the scariest prank to orchestrate real fear. But as the pranks escalate, the competition turns cutthroat and takes on a life of its own. When the tables are turned and someone targets the club itself, Rachel must track down the real-life monster in their midst . . . even if it means finally confronting the dark secrets from her past.
Gallant by Call Number: YA FICTION SCHWABOlivia Prior has grown up at the grim Merilance School for Girls with no no past except for her one treasure, her mother's journal, so when a letter arrives inviting her to come home to ruinous manor, Gallant, she seizes the chance to find out about her family.
Anatomy: a Love Story by Call Number: YA FICTION SCHWARTZHazel Sinnett is a medical student in 19th century Scotland who, after being kicked out because of her gender, works with new attractive acquaintance Jack Currer to procure dead bodies to study, but they soon discover secrets buried in the heart of Edinburgh society.
What Big Teeth by Call Number: YA FICTION SZABOReturning to Maine after years at boarding school, Eleanor Zarrin barely remembers her monstrous family, but she sets off a series of events that could destroy them all.
Burn down, Rise Up by Call Number: YA FICTION TIRADOWhen an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
