18 books like My Swordhand Is Singing

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The Last Vampire 5. Evil Thirst Christopher Pike · 1996 · ★ 3.0 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Quench your Thirst with the finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Christopher Pike.Sita has lived for centuries. She has seen more than most people could ever imagine.She has loved and she has lost; she has killed many, and she has given life.Now, at last, Sita’s story culminates in an epic—and satisfying—conclusion to the enormously popular Thirst series. Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Vampires, Children's fiction

Down a Dark Hall Lois Duncan · 1974 · ★ 4.0 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Suspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were selected. Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Children's fiction

Vampires Jane Yolen · 1991 · ★ 4.0 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A collection of thirteen original stories about vampires by a variety of authors. Shares: Horror stories, Vampires, Children's fiction

The mislaid magician, or, ten years after (Cecelia and Kate #3) Patricia C. Wrede · 2006 · ★ 3.7 · 625p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm. Ten years have passed since Kate and Cecy married Thomas and James, and England is now being transformed by the first railways. When the Duke of Wellington asks James to look into the sudden disappearance of a German railway engineer, James… Shares: Europe, Supernatural, Children's fiction

Wolf Trap Benjamin Hulme-Cross · 2015 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate There is a werewolf on the island. Mr. Blood tries to trap it. But who is really the hunter, and who is being hunted? Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Children's fiction

Fear Street Super Chiller - Goodnight Kiss Robert Lawrence Stine · 1992 · ★ 4.2 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Fear Street Super Chiller Matt, his girlfriend April, and his friend Todd just wanted a peaceful summer at the beach. But that all changes when April and Todd suddenly become weak and pale.....and have two puncture wounds on their necks....and they might have something to do with the two bats flying over the beach..... Shares: Horror stories, Vampires, Children's fiction

The Last Vampire Christopher Pike · 1994 · ★ 3.7 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate As the story begins, Alisa arrives at the office of a man named Michael who lied to her, invited her. He identifies himself as a private investigator. She tries to find out about a guy named Slim, but her best shot is Michael's computer. Alisa then enters high school as a student named Lara Adams and befriends Ray. She also befriends another young man named Seymour Dorsten. She uses Ray to get… Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Vampires, Children's fiction

Thirsty M. T. Anderson · 1997 · ★ 3.3 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate All Chris really wants is to be a normal kid, to hang out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately, Chris appears to be turning into a vampire. So while his hometown performs an ancient ritual that keeps Tch'muchgar, the Vampire Lord, locked in another world, Chris desperately tries to save himself from his own vampiric fate. He needs help, but whom… Shares: Horror stories, Vampires, Children's fiction

Clay David Almond · 2005 · ★ 3.6 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They're full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose comes to town. Father O'Mahoney thinks it would be a good idea for Davie and Geordie to befriend him--maybe some of their good nature will rub off on this unhappy soul. But it's Stephen who sees something special in Davie.Stephen's a… Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Children's fiction

The Struggle Lisa Jane Smith · 1991 · ★ 4.5 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Vampire Diaries: a Trilogy, Vol II Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Vampires, Children's fiction

Witch Christopher Pike · 1990 · ★ 3.8 · 225p · ≈ 7h · Moderate From Publishers Weekly In this hokey, meandering novel, Julia is a girl gifted with a healing touch and the power to glimpse the future. When she sees a vision of her best friend's boyfriend, Jim, shot and bleeding to death, she does her best to keep him out of danger. But then another friend is shot while witnessing a gas station holdup, and Julia and Jim set out to wreak revenge on the gunman.… Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Darkangel Meredith Ann Pierce · 1982 · ★ 3.8 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Aeriel is kidnapped by the Darkangel, swept up into his dozens of black wings and carried to his distant keep. There she is to serve his brides - thirteen pitiful creatures who were once beautiful, before the Darkangel drained away their souls. Aeriel would free them, but now that she, too, is one of the Darkangel's captives, she can do no other than obey - even while she knows she must destroy… Shares: Supernatural, Vampires, Children's fiction

Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin Katherine Applegate · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Pumpkin ContestIf Roscoe guesses the weight of a giant pumpkin, he'll be a winner! Easy, right? But a little black cat keeps trying to cross his path! Will the bad-luck kitty ruin Roscoe's chance to win? Shares: Superstition, Children's fiction

Dangerous Girls #2 - The Taste of Night Robert Lawrence Stine · 2004 · ★ 3.9 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, were as close as two sisters could be–until Livvy chose to become a vampire, leaving Destiny behind. Now Destiny will do anything to bring Livvy back to the family. But in Livvy's world of endless darkness, she knows there is only one way she and Destiny can be reunited –– Destiny must become a vampire too.... Which sister will live to see the glow of… Shares: Supernatural, Vampires, Children's fiction

Rise of the Huntress (The Last Apprentice #7) Joseph Delaney · 2010 · ★ 3.8 · 436p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Long journeys, hard battles, malicious witches, and a small band of kids facing an old enemy. This is the seventh volume in a series that continues to be one of the best! Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Children's fiction

Rage of the Fallen Joseph Delaney · 2011 · ★ 4.5 A dangerous few months lie ahead—ones which some of us will be hard-pressed to survive.Thomas Ward has served as the Spook's apprentice for three years. He has battled boggarts, witches, demons, and even the devil himself. Tom has enemies: The Fiend stalks him, waiting for a moment of weakness. The terrifying Morrigan, goddess of witches, warned him never to step foot on her homeland, Ireland.But… Shares: Horror stories, Supernatural, Children's fiction

Twelfth grade kills Z Brewer · 2010 · ★ 4.3 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The Council of Elders, having been informed that Tomas still lives, puts off Vlad's execution, providing Vlad the opportunity to try to set some things right. Shares: Fathers and sons, Horror stories, Vampires, Children's fiction

Kind aller Länder Irmgard Keun · 1938 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "In this [...] novel, some of the great themes of 1930s Europe are refracted through the eyes of a child who is both naive and wise beyond her years. Irrepressible Kully, her charming, freckless father and her nervy, fragile mother are brought to life through Irmgard Keun's fast-paced prose. Published in German in 1938, Child of all nations is permeated by the threat of war and paints a… Shares: Europe, History, Children's fiction

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