Companions of the Night
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Magic Carpet Books
The romantic horror genre reaches a new level of complexity in this novel, which manages to be simultaneously thought-provoking and blood-curdling. Kerry becomes the unwitting accomplice of an attractive, mysterious boy on the run, only to discover that he is a vampire. Can she trust her feelings for someone so alien to her? Or has she been "seduced by the glamour of evil"? An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, this was called "a tingly thriller" by Horn Book
What begins as a simple lost-and-found trip to the Laundromat turns into a nightmarish odyssey of murder, vampires, and--quite possibly--true love. Vivian Vande Velde puts a terrifying spin on what should be a typical night in a small town.
A Coming Evil
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Houghton Mifflin
"This well-written . . . fast-paced adventure raises some interesting issues."
—School Library Journal
Lisette Beaucaire was angry when her parents sent her away from Paris that
September day in 1940. And although she knew that with the Nazis occupying the city she'd be safer at her aunt Josephine's farm in the Dordogne Valley, Lisette resented her "exile." She'd miss her friends and the excitement of being thirteen and starting a new school. Instead, she'd have nothing to do but amuse her little cousin Cecile.
That's what Lisette thought, but she soon found out that she wasn't the only visitor at the farmhouse. And then she encountered Gerard, a visitor from a long time ago, who proved to be a valiant ally at a crucial moment.
All Hallows' Eve: 13 Stories
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Harcourt Children's Books
Never Trust a Dead Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Laurel Leaf
Selwyn is brokenhearted when the beautiful Anora chooses to marry the awful-but-rich Farold. It’s bad enough when Farold beats him up in front of the villagers, but nothing prepares him for when Farold is found murdered. All accusing fingers point to Selwyn, who is promptly sealed in a burial cave with Farold’s corpse.
But they’re not alone in the cave. A witch appears with an offer of escape if Selwyn will be her servant. The witch brings Farold back from the dead in the form of a bat–too bad he doesn’t know who really killed him! There’s no choice left for Selwyn except to join forces with his worst enemy, a dead man, to find the real murderer.
Being Dead
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Magic Carpet Books
From the hilarious to the horrific, master storyteller Vivian Vande Velde explores the world of the dead--and the undead--in this surprisingly moving collection of unnerving tales.
Stolen
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
The old witch steals children, but did she steal Isabelle?
Witch Dreams
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers: Tales to Make You Shiver
from Scholastic
Now You See It . . .
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Harcourt Children's Books
But the glasses correct her vision too much. She begins to see things that no one else can see: cheerful corpses, frightening crones disguised as teenyboppers, and portals to other worlds--places where people are all too aware of the magical properties of her new shades . . . and will do anything to get them.
Ghost of a Hanged Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
from Marshall Cavendish Corporation
+++
