A Gathering of Werewolves

Barlow, Toby. Sharp Teeth. 2008. (YA Fiction Barlo.T & Barlo.T)

Abandoning her growing pack of lycanthropes in New Orleans, a werewolf hides the truth about her nature from her kind-hearted dog-catcher boyfriend, while her former leader, having fallen victim to a rival gang, poses as the adopted pet of a lonely suburban woman.

Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones. 2007. (YA Science Fiction Clare.C & YA CD Science Fiction Clare.C)

Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster. Werewolves, vampires, angels and fairies all fit in this story. (Book one of The Mortal Instruments series)

Cole, Stephen. Wounded. 2003. (YA Fiction Cole.S)

Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson and seventeen-year-old Kate Folan try to escape Kate's werewolf family--and fight becoming werewolves themselves--by making a cross-country journey in search of a mysterious man who might have a cure. (Book one of the Wereling series)

Davis, Heather. Never Cry Werewolf. 2009. (YA Fiction Davis.H)

Forced to attend a camp for teens with behavior problems, sixteen-year-old Shelby Locke's attempts to follow the rules go astray when she meets a handsome British werewolf.

 

Garfield, Henry. My Father The Werewolf : A Novel. 2005. (YA Fiction Garfi.H)

Teenagers Miranda and Danny move to Maine to be near a deserted island where their werewolf father can isolate himself during full moons, but when the ocean freezes and creates a path to the populated mainland, they resort to desperate measures to save the townspeople from their transformed parent.

Jones, Carrie. Need. 2009. (YA Fiction Jones.C)

Depressed after the death of her stepfather, high school junior Zara goes to live with her grandmother in a small Maine town, where new friends tell Zara the strange man she keeps seeing may be a pixie king, and that only "were" creatures can stop him from taking souls.

Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood And Chocolate. 1997. (YA Fiction Klaus.A)

Gabriel is a werewolf--raw and sharp like blood; Aiden is a human--rich and smooth like chocolate. Which boy is right for Vivian, who revels in her proud, sleek shape-changing self? Part smoldering romance, part rites-of-passage celebration, and part feminist fable, this sexy, violent, fascinating story explodes the boundaries of the traditional werewolf myth.

Lackey, Mercedes. The Fire Rose. 1995. (Science Fiction Lacke.M)

Beauty and the Beast is brought to mind by this novel in which a young woman uses magic and brains to best villains and save an alchemist from a terrible mistake.

Mancusi, Marianne. Girls That Growl. 2007. (YA Fiction Mancu.M)

Rayne McDonald, a goth vampire and vampire slayer, must go undercover as a cheerleader at her high school to find out what happened to the captain of the football team, who has disappeared, and to see if the peppy cheerleaders are really werewolves.

Martinez, Lee. Gil's All Fright Diner. 2005. (YA Science Fiction Marti.A & Science Fiction Marti.A)

Hired by the owner of an all-night diner to eliminate the zombie problem that is costing her customers, werewolf Duke and vampire Earl tackle an even stickier adversary who is out to take over the diner.

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon. 2006. (YA Fiction Meyer.S)

When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.

Millar, Martin. Lonely Werewolf Girl. 2008. (YA Fiction Milla.M)

Teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is pursued through the streets of London by hunters armed with silver bullets, while her sister, the Werewolf Enchantress, is busy designing clothes for the Fire Queen and, in the Scottish Highlands, a feud is brewing.

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Tantalize. 2007. (YA Fiction Smith.C & YA CD Fiction Smith.C)

When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.

Shusterman, Neal. Red Rider's Hood. 2005. (YA Fiction Shust.N)

After learning that there are werewolves in his city, a sixteen-year-old is even more surprised to discover the identities of the hunters who drove them out decades earlier, but he soon infiltrates the Wolves gang to help destroy them for good.

St. Crow, Lili. Strange Angels. 2009. (YA Fiction Stcro.L)

Sixteen-year-old Dru's psychic abilities helped her father battle zombies and other creatures of the "Real World," but now she must rely on herself, a "werwulf"-bitten friend, and a half-human vampire hunter to learn who murdered her parents, and why.

Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver. 2009. (YA Fiction Stief.M)

In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.

Yolen, Jane and Greenburg, Martin Harry. Werewolves : A Collection Of Original Stories. 1988. (YA Fiction Stories Yolen.J)

This anthology of 15 stories depicts werewolves of many dispositions and from a variety of historical periods. Ru Emerson and Yolen herself are among the writers featured.

 

Compiled by Christie Chandler-Stahl

Updated: January, 2010