Story Links: Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies Selected resources for high school students compiled by Dajo Finlayson and Mia Macrossan For Years 7-9 Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers Twelve- year- old Henry Hoey Hobson arrives at his sixth school, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, to discover he's the only boy in Year Seven. Friendless, fatherless and non- Catholic, Henry is not only a Perpetual Sucker, but a bloodsucker, according to his catty classmates. When he's caught moving a coffin into the creepy house next door, it drives a stake through the heart of his hopes of fitting in. His only chance to fight back is the school swimming carnival - sink or swim in the treacherous waters of Year Seven. High Stakes by Meg Cabot Suze's new life in California is looking up. Cool friends, pool parties, good-hair days, plus the gorgeous ghost, Jesse, who hangs out in her bedroom. Best of all Tad, the cutest (live) boy in town, just asked her out! Then a screaming spirit wakes Suze in the middle of the night with a very important message. Suddenly she's on the trail of a creepy local businessman, who might or might not be a vampire. Oh, and who also happens to be Tad's dad. Suze's life just got dead complicated - again. Insatiable by Meg Cabot Sick of hearing about vampires? So is Meena Harper. Meena Harper is familiar with the supernatural. After all, she knows how you're going to die. While she's always been able to see everyone else's destiny, she's never been able to look into her own. Maybe that's why when she meets Lucien Antonescu - a modern day prince who also has no destiny that she can foresee - she's instantly attracted. When an ancient society of vampire hunters shows up at Meena's door looking for Lucien, she's forced to face the truth: that her dream boyfriend might turn out to be more of a nightmare. There is a sequel Overbite with further adventures of Meena Harper. 1 Story Links: Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies Phredde and the Leopard-skin Librarian: A Story to Eat with a Dinosaur Apple by Jackie French A school excursion to the Big Koala goes horribly wrong as Phredde, Pru, Bruce and their teacher, Mrs Olsen, (who also happens to be a vampire) and librarian, Miss Richards, (who also happens to be a martial arts expert) head back into the time of the dinosaurs. What they encounter is not for the faint-hearted, and includes giant marsupial lions, a dinosaur with diarrhoea and an exploding volcano. Who will save them? Can one kid, two fairies, a vampire and a librarian survive in the past with just a laptop computer, a flying carpet and a plastic spoon? Will Pru's werewolf brother ever get his girlfriend back? Can Pru get the dinosaur doo stains out of her tracksuit pants? And what - or who - is the Demon Duck of Doom? The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks Nina became a vampire in 1973, when she was fifteen, and she hasn't aged a day since then. She hasn't had any fun either, because her life is so sickly and boring. It becomes even worse when one of the other vampires in her therapy group is staked by a mysterious slayer. Threatened with extinction, she and her fellow vampires decide to hunt down the culprit. Trouble is, they soon find themselves up against some gun-toting werewolf traffickers who'll stop at nothing. Can a bunch of feeble couch potatoes win a fight like this? Is there more to your average vampire than meets the eye? Kisses from Hell This irresistible collection features stories of love amid vampires. From a fugitive vampire forced to trust a boy who might work for the group bent on destroying her, to the legendary romance of two immortals whose love compels them to risk everything, this heart pounding collection brings new meaning to the words 'love you forever. Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan Mel and Cathy and Anna have passed vampires on the street and sat near them in cinemas, but they don't know any. Vampires stick to their own kind, and Mel and her friends hang out with other humans - until a vampire boy in a bizarre sun-proof suit shows up at school and captures Cathy's heart. Can Mel convince Cathy that life with a vampire is no life at all? Should she? Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, return from their summer vacation with an overpowering thirst - an inhuman desire to drink blood. Have they turned into vampires? How will they keep their horrifying secret from their family and friends? And can they find a way to become human again... before it's too late? The Werewolf Knight by Jenny Wagner PICTURE BOOK There are many secret stories in the world of nature and in the night. This is one of them. It tells about a wolf who is strangely gentle; about the people who would kill, and the one person who would love him. 2 Story Links: Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle What really killed Sir Charles Baskerville? Is his nephew, Sir Henry, in danger from the legendary family curse, a gigantic black hound? Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are on the case, set on lonely Dartmoor. Neolithic ruins, a perilous quagmire, eerie sounds in the night, and an escaped convict thrown in for good measure. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place -he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their timely ghostly teachings - like the ability to Fade. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? Then there are things like ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other. The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill When her father dies in battle, fourteen-year-old Thirrin becomes Queen of the Icemark, a tiny kingdom forever caught between dangerous neighbours. But she bears a heavy burden. Thirrin must find a way to protect her people from the most terrible invasion of werewolves her nation has ever known - and do so before the end of the winter snows. Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland by Carolyn Keene Things are hairy in River Heights this holiday season. Two wolves have disappeared from Wild Wolf, the federal wolf preserve just outside of town. Local farmers think the missing wolves are killing their sheep, but there are also rumours of werewolf sightings nearby. At the same time, the annual River Heights Winter Carnival is set to begin. When the first two days of the outdoor festival are full of tragic disasters, Nancy can't help but wonder - is there a link between the carnival's trouble and the missing wolves? After the carnival's beautiful ice palace is destroyed, Nancy's sure there's a wolf at River Height's door. But is the leader of this pack of crimes human, or beast? Owl Light by Maggie Pearson Hal has always been scared of the dark. The tales he hears of werewolves roaming the common are no help at all. And then his sister Ellie starts disappearing at night... The common is a wild, forbidden place, home to threatened badgers, werewolves, and the haunt of intriguing neighbours... The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Goosebumps) by R. L. Stine It started with the strange howling at night. Then there was the dead rabbit. Everyone thinks Grady's new dog is responsible. After all, he looks just like a wolf. But Grady knows his dog is just a regular old dog. And most dogs don't howl at the moon. Or disappear at midnight. Or change into terrifying creatures when the moon is full... 3 Story Links: Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and all of whom meet up with demons, werewolves, griffins and other mythical beasts. Spyforce Revealed by Deborah Abela As Max looked at the shiny metal blades that sliced ever closer, she wondered how she was going to foil Mr Blue's latest scheme to turn the world's children into zombies. Working undercover as a taste tester at a sweet factory seemed like the dream job, but it had turned into a deadly struggle against an evil mastermind. And now that one of her friends had turned against her, certain doom seemed only seconds away. Can Max and Linden once again outsmart Mr Blue? Or will they be too late and fall victim to his sickly- sweet plans? Could this be the end of Max Remy, Superspy? The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks If you have a kid who talks about the coming of the zombie apocalypse like it’s an absolute certainty, they have to read this book.