Thank you to the students, parents and teachers who attended this month’s Brown Bag & Books.  Ms. Brokaw, Ms. Su and I all had a great time talking to you about books.  In case you couldn’t attend, here’s a list of the books we discussed (in no particular order):

Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials  by Marc Aronson

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding

Scary Stories for Sleepovers

Vampire High by Douglas Rees

The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci

Beast by Ally Kennen

The Twisted Window by Lois Duncan

I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier

The Skeleton Man by Jay Bennett

The Amazing Colossal Book of Horror Trivia by J.M. Lampley

Haunted by Meg Cabot

Ghost Stories of Illinois by Jo-Anne Christensen

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

Hawkson by Amelia Atwater

Thirsty by M.T. Anderson

Invisible by Pete Hautman

Acceleration by Graham McNamee

The Killer’s Cousin by Nancy Werlin

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

If this is a genre that you find particularly interesting, I recommend visiting Cynthia Leitich Smith’s website on Gothic Fantasy, Horror, and Suspense for Teens and ‘Tweens.

http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_genre/horrorteens.html

Enjoy!