YA Reads: Vampires! | Santa Barbara Public Library

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Seventeen-year-olds Kat Finn and Taylor Sanger, two queer bloodsuckers at an elite vampire-only boarding school, must go up against all of Vampirdom when they uncover a frightening conspiracy on campus.

2) The lost girls: a vampire revenge story

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Hartl, Sonia

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"Holly Liddell has been stuck with crimped hair since 1987 when she agreed to let her boyfriend, Elton, turn her into a vampire. But when he ditches her at a gas station a few decades into their eternity together...Holly meets Elton's other exes...Now Rose and Ida want to kill him before he can trick another girl into eternal adolescence, and they'll need Holly's help to do it"--

3) Vampires, hearts, & other dead things

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Fuston, Margie

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As her father lies gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, eighteen-year-old Victoria's last hope is to find a vampire in New Orleans, an impossible mission that rekindles a special friendship.

4) The coldest touch

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Sterling, Isabel

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Elise, a mortal girl who feels the death of anyone she touches, and Claire, the vampire assigned to recruit her to the Veil, must work together to stop a paranormal killer even as they realize they might be falling in love.

5) The coldest girl in Coldtown

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When Tana wakes up in the aftermath of a violent vampire attack, she travels to Coldtown, a quarantined Massachusetts city full of vampires, with her ex-boyfriend and a mysterious vampire boy in tow.

6) Fell of dark

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Roehrig, Caleb

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August thought living in a vampire town was the worst fate that could befall him, but when an annoyingly cute undead messenger boy tells him he's the chosen one standing between Earth's continued existence and an ancient power bent on destruction, he understands things can always get worse.

7) Vampires never get old: tales with fresh bite

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Córdova, Zoraida

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Eleven fresh vampire stories from young adult fiction's leading voices! In this delicious new collection, you'll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out--and going out for their first kill--and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures of the night. Welcome to the evolution of the vampire--and a revolution on the page. Vampires...

8) Belle Morte

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Higgin, Bella

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Belle Morte volume 1

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"Belle Morte. One of five houses where vampires reside as celebrities and humans are paid to be their living donors. While others came here seeking fortune, I came in search of my sister who walked into Belle Morte five months ago...and never walked back out. Now that I'm here, the secrets about this world have proven to be much bigger than I ever anticipated. And lurking around every corner are shocking insinuations of what happened to my sister"--...

9) In every generation

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Blake, Kendare

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"Follow the next generation of Scoobies and Slayers who must defeat a powerful new evil"--

10) Slayer

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White, Kiersten

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"Set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the first book in this series will introduce our new slayer as she grapples with incredible power she is just beginning to understand"--

11) Baby teeth: a novel in verse

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Grehan, Meg

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Immy has never been as deeply in love as she is with Claudia. Meanwhile, the forbidden thirst for blood runs deep in Immy.

12) Scarlet veil

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"Célie Tremblay has always been a good girl: kind and beautiful, a daughter of whom every parent would be proud. She surprises the entire kingdom when she defies tradition to become the first huntswoman—including her new captain and fiancé, Jean Luc, who rules the huntsmen with an iron fist. He isn’t the only one concerned for Célie’s safety, however. Though her friends try to protect her from the horrors of her past, mysterious whispers...