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Monsters Young Adult – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Monsters Young Adult

Explore young adult books about monsters for children.

272 books

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Mercedes Lackey

In a world where barriers to a monstrous Otherworld have been torn open, the lucky live behind high walls while everyone

Cover of Strange and Terrible Things: A Guide to Creatures That Haunt Our Dreams

Strange and Terrible Things: A Guide to Creatures That Haunt Our Dreams

For the curious reader who finds wonder in the dark. This guide explores global folklore to help older kids process the

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The Saga of Larten Crepsley #3

Palace of the Damned

Young vampire Larten struggles to build a life in the human world and protect an infant survivor until his inner darknes

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Bloodline #2

Reckoning

Kate Cary

For the teenager grappling with inherited family legacies and the fear that past traumas or dark histories might define

Ages 12–17

Cover of Clans

When B's friend is kidnapped by a hateful group, she must make difficult choices about her own loyalties while fighting

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The Demonata #1

Grubbs Grady thinks life is about bacon and pranks until he skips a family trip and finds himself hunted by howling were

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Man Made Boy #2

This Broken Wondrous World

The hacker son of Frankenstein's Monster heads to college just as a hidden world of mythical creatures erupts into a vio

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The Demonata #2

Kernel Fleck can see swirling patches of light, but his strange gift becomes a terrifying weapon when a window opens int

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Man Made Boy #1

Stitched together from parts and hidden under Times Square, Boy escapes his basement life for a wild, monster-filled roa

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The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #1

Eighth Grade Bites

For the student who feels like an outsider, this series starter explores the struggle of keeping a massive secret while

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For the teen who loves high-stakes survival and needs to see characters find inner strength and loyalty when their entir

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Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2

Days of Blood & Starlight

Karou fights to avenge her people while grappling with her own identity in a landscape of heartbreak, beauty, and danger

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My Dearest Darkest

Kayla Cottingham

For the teen navigating high-stakes social circles and the intensity of first love while wrestling with the consequences

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Fairytale Retellings #1

Clad in red cloaks, sisters Scarlett and Rosie hunt the werewolves that haunt the woods, bound together by a blood-soake

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Cynthia Leitich Smith

Quincie Morris must balance her new vampire cravings with a desperate mission to clear her werewolf boyfriend of murder

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Scott Westerfeld

Cal Thompson is a healthy carrier of a parasite that turns his girlfriends into ghouls, forcing him to hunt down the vam

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Suck It Up and Die

For the teen grappling with their place in the world while facing high stakes, this supernatural tale explores ethics an

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Immortal Dark #2

Kidan Adane unleashes her inner darkness at Uxlay University, navigating a treacherous alliance with a vampire leader wh

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Fly by Night #2

Twilight Robbery

Frances Hardinge

For the reader who feels caught between duty and their own voice, navigating the echoes of a past they didn't choose.

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No Better Than Beasts

For the teenager grappling with the weight of family responsibility and the blurred lines between being a protector and

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The Mortal Instruments #5

City of Lost Souls

Cassandra Clare

Jace is bound to an ancient evil, and Clary must play a lethal game with demons and Seelies to save his soul without los

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Beautiful Brutal Bodies #2

Beautiful Brutal Bodies

For the teen struggling with the crushing weight of high expectations and the feeling that their worth is tied to their

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The Dark Days Deceit

For the teen navigating the tension between family expectations and their own moral compass while facing high-stakes res

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For the teen who feels like their family doesn't recognize them anymore or fears for a sibling's safety in a changing wo

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