Blood Moon

Blood Moon
Author: Lucy Cuthew
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1536216178

This powerful, timely novel in verse exposes provocative truths about periods, sex, shame, and going viral for all the wrong reasons. After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin—and gets her period. It’s only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe a screen, Frankie’s universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly not Benjamin, the only one who knows about the incident. As the online shaming takes on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins to wonder: is her real life over? Author Lucy Cuthew vividly portrays what it is to be a teen today with this fearless and ultimately uplifting novel in verse. Brimming with emotion, the story captures the intensity of friendships, first love, and female desire, while unflinchingly exploring the culture of online and menstrual shaming. Sure to be a conversation starter, Blood Moon is the unforgettable portrait of one girl’s fight to reclaim her reputation and to stand up against a culture that says periods are dirty.

Blood Moon

Blood Moon
Author: Alyxandra Harvey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0802728472

The thrilling romance and high action continue as Alyx Harvey treats fans to a new installment of Ruling Passion

Samhain's Kiss

Samhain's Kiss
Author: Amber Kell
Publisher: Silver Publishing
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781614953685

Randall has a gut-wrenching foreboding that something is going to go wrong at the upcoming Samhain festivities. When he's taken over by the spirit of a dead fae king, he learns this is just the beginning of his problems. Now capable of accessing powerful abilities, Randall finds it difficult to submit to his vampire lover. Because, while Randall the medical student defers to his mate, the fae king attempting to take over his body will bow to no one. Even more disturbing, Randall discovers that he likes being in charge.

Kiss of the Night

Kiss of the Night
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2004-04-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0312992416

In this Dark-Hunter novel, Wulf and Cassandra face ancient curses, prophecies, and the direct meddling of the Greek gods to find true happiness.

Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon
Author: Jennifer Knight
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2011-08-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0762443863

As Faith Reynolds enters her freshman year of college, she is a complete and utter nervous wreck. With her best friend Derek suddenly pulling out the romance card and her dark, mysterious classmate staring her down at every turn, Faith somehow feels stuck in the middle without dating either one. And fortune may or may not be with her when a devilshly sexy stranger offers her a welcome escape. Boys, romance, classes, and annoying roommates are all within the realm of the expected for a college frosh. Trying to solve the mysterious murders of young college coeds near campus is not. Darkness seems to be creeping into every corner of Faith's life, no matter the hour. And when she seeks the truth, danger seems to be the only thing that finds her. Faith is well aware of the strange currents in the air, particularly when she sets off static sparks with everything she touches. Before long, she finds herself entrenched in the deep-seeded battle between werewolves and vampires. The war has reached the tipping point, and Faith has the power to determine where the scales fall. But the most important question may be with whom does her loyalty lie? Deliciously suspenseful and immediately addictive, Blood on the Moon features a headstrong heroine and all of the thrills, chills, and otherworldly boys with deadly charm that a human could ask for.

Silver Birch, Blood Moon

Silver Birch, Blood Moon
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1497668611

Winner of the World Fantasy Award: New twists on classic fairy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Robin McKinley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and more. Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers’ and grandmothers’ knees—stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights. But, as World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling remind us, these stories were often tamed and sanitized versions. The originals were frequently darker—and in Silver Birch, Blood Moon, they turn darker still. Twenty-one modern Grimms and Andersens—masterful storytellers including Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, and Tanith Lee—now reinvent beloved bedtime stories for our time. The Sea Witch gets her say, relating the story of “The Little Mermaid” from her own point of view. “Thumbelina” becomes a tale of creeping horror, while a delightfully naughty spin is put on “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Author Caitlín R. Kiernan transports Snow White to a dark, gritty, industrial urban setting, and Patricia Briggs details “The Price” of dealing with a royal and unrepentantly evil Rumpelstiltskin. Rich, provocative, and unabashedly adult, each of these tales is a modern treasure, reminding us that wishes have consequences and not all genies have our best interests at heart.

Blood Moon

Blood Moon
Author: M. J. O'Shea
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2016-07-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781634779418

Insolita Luna: Book One Zack met his best friend, Noah, at Harper Lake when they were five years old. Summer after summer, his feelings grew, but he assumed Noah didn't feel the same. But one night when they were seventeen, Zack kissed Noah... and Noah kissed him back. Zack was sure he did. But the next morning, Noah put an end to their friendship and walked away, leaving Zack with a broken heart. A year has passed, and Zack goes back to the lake-where every leaf, rock, and turn in the road remind him of the biggest mistake he ever made. He hates thinking about what he lost, and more than anything he wants his best friend back. He figures it'll be the longest summer ever. But then Noah shows up out of the blue, apologetic and more gorgeous than ever. Noah is sweet and attentive, and Zack can almost believe nothing had ever gone wrong. But there's something different about his old friend, something not quite right. Zack doesn't want to ruin the fragile new bond between them, but he has to know... What secret is Noah hiding?

Silver Moon

Silver Moon
Author: Catherine Lundoff
Publisher: Lethe Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590213793

Becca Thornton, divorced, middle-aged, and barely out of the closet, discovers that life can still hold some strange surprises, when she discovers that her body is changing; menopause turns her into a werewolf. Apparently she is not the only one, as a number of women in her town of Wolf's Point seem to have had the same experience. As the newest member of the pack, Becca learns her nights are not spent only protecting the town and running through the woods howling at the moon. There are werewolf hunters in town and they've got Becca in their sights.

Once in a Full Moon

Once in a Full Moon
Author: Ellen Schreiber
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2011
Genre: Dating (Social customs)
ISBN: 0062017128

Popular seventeen-year-old Celeste finds herself falling in love with a boy from the wrong side of their small, midwestern town, even though she suspects that he is a werewolf.