The Buffy Book Shelves: Young Adult Series

YOUNG ADULT PAPERBACK SERIES
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The Harvest (Buffy the Vampire Slayer No 1)
Written by: Richie Tankersley Cusick

In this generation, she is Buffy Summers, 16 years old and a new student at Sunnydale High. Her experience at her last school persuaded Buffy to try to resume the life of a normal teenager. But it is no coincidence that Buffy has come to this town at this time. The area is at the center of a mystical energy, and all the signs point to a imminent, crucial upheaval. Once in a century comes The Harvest: a night when the master vampire can draw enough power to break free and open the portal between his world and ours...unleashing havoc.

With the help of new friends and a new Watcher, Buffy's back in business...

Halloween Rain (Buffy the Vampire Slayer No 2)
Written by: Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder

Around Sunnydale, they say a scarecrow saturated with Halloween rain with come alive and slaughter anyone in sight. (Lovely place, Sunnydale.) Buffy's best friends Xander and Willow, used to think the tale was nonsense--but after a few adventures with Buffy, they're not so sure.

Even without a maniacal scarecrow, a Sunnydale Halloween is a truly horrific happening. There are enough zombies and vampires about, ready to party hearty and eat some brains, to keep the Slayer and her friends up all night.

Coyote Moon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer No 3)
Written by: John Vornholt

The seedy carnival looks like just the thing to give Buffy and her best buds, Xander and Willow, a break from staking bloodsuckers. Some greasy food, a few cheap thrills--what more could a Slayer ask for?

But then Buffy senses something evil behind this carnival. Xander and Willow aren't so sure. They don't buy Buffy's notion that the carneys are somehow connected to the corpses turning up around Sunnydale. It doesn't help that her two best friends are each interested in someone at the carnival. Which puts the burden of proof on Buffy.

Can she find out what's going on in time to save her friends? Or has the Slayer become the prey?

Night of the Living Rerun (Buffy the Vampire Slayer No 4)
Written by: Authur Byron Cover

As if real life wasn't already overflowing with vampires-staking, now Buffy has begun to dream about slaying! Night after night, it's the same thing. She's back with the Puritans, a Slayer on the train of a witch. What can it mean?

Buffy gets a clue when Xander and Giles start acting like they have ancient alter egos. Now the stage is set for a symbolic replay of the night the Master was accidentally trapped in the other dimension.

Only this time, the Master wants a happy ending--for himself. Buffy and her friends must prevent the Master from rewriting the script and escaping his supernatural prison before Sunnydale becomes history!

Angel Chronicles: Vol. 1
Written by: Nancy Holder

After a century of killing without a care, the vampire Angelus was cursed with a conscience and eventually fled to Sunnydale, where he restricted his feeding to blood banks.

Until 16-year-old Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer, arrived in town to battle vampires, demons and the Forces of Darkness. First, he has to convince her not to kill him. Then he has to convince himself not to fall in love with her.

Now collected for the first time, are three stories from the cult-hit TV series chronicling the beginning of this star-crossed love story.

Can Buffy and Angel survive life, death...and beyond?

Blooded (Buffy the Vampire Slayer No. 6)
Written by: Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder

Chirayoju, a vampire of Chinese lore, and Sanno, the legendary Japanese Mountain King, have been locked in a deadly battle for centuries. Literally. An ancient curse imprisoned the spirits of these two warriors in an antique sword.

Until the sword arrives in Sunnydale. Freed by accident, Chirayoju searches for a host body that will allow him to continue wreaking havoc among the living and the dead.

Now Buffy's on the train of this legendary vampire...a bloody trail that leads straight through the heart of the Buffy-Xander-Willow triangle.

Angel Chronicles: Vol. 2
Written by Ritchie Tankersley.

The course of love in Sunnydale never runs smoothly, especially for Buffy Summers the vampire Slayer and her boyfriend, Angel the vampire. They're going through the usual early stages of a romantic relationship--dressing to impress, going on coffee dates, and saving the world.

When Buffy tries to be more like the girls from Angel's distant past, she succeeds a little too well--becoming helpless in the face of real evil.

Career week at school finds Buffy questioning her future as the Slayer--and all the relationship baggage that comes with--until an unexpected ally gives new insight into her calling. And when Angel is taken hostage by an old acquaintance with sinister plans, Buffy realizes that she must draw on all her passion to save the one she loves.

Now, collected for the first time, are three stories from the hit-TV series chronicling Buffy and Angel's growing romantic relationship.

The Xander Collection Vol. 1
Written by: Keith R.A. DeCandido

Unfulfilled crushes. Awkward first conversations. A date who wants you...dead. Having a Y-chromosome in Sunnydale is never easy. But Buffy the Vampire Slayer's friend Xander Harris seems to find more than his share of trouble with the opposite sex.

At first Xander is happy being the teacher's pet--until his schoolboy crush brings out her true animal instincts. Then his whirlwind romance with the exotic foreign exchange student falters when she demands the ultimate sacrifice.

Some members of the Slaying squad might say that dating Cordelia chase could kill a guy. But Xander's relationship with the high-maintenance Cordy actually seems to be working out---until she decides she's seriously harming her social standing. His crafty plan to win her back may earn him more love than one guy can handle.

Now collected for the first time, are three stories from the hit TV series chronicling Xander's search for love on the Hellmouth.

Visitors
Written by: Laura Anne Gilman & Josepha Sherman

The paranormal forces centered in Sunnydale attract the vilest kinds of evil: vamps, demons...and student teachers? An invasion of collegians testing their teaching prowess on Buffy and her peers coincides with the arrival of a supernatural stalker. The Slayer feels the evil entity watching her every move, and she's not the only one. But researching the beast is going to be problematic with the student teachers setting up shop in Giles's home turf--the school library.

When the stalker starts to take his malicious game to the next level, Buffy finds herself face to face with a being unlike any she's ever encountered. But can she figure out it's weakness before she is forced to participate in it's dance of death?

Unnatural Selection
Written by: Mel Odom

Willow's trying to earn a little pocket change by taking the usual teenage part-time job--baby-sitting the neighbor's kid. But her child-care chores turn into a scene from a horror movie when the baby gives her the evil eye and attacks. Barely escaping the tiny terror, Willow can't forget the missing human child--or the monstrous thing left in it's place. The childish changeling keeps coming back to haunt and taunt her.

Buffy and her posse soon discover a possible connection between Willow's infant interloper and some strange artifacts Giles found at a local archaeological dig. The evil plaguing Willow was once trapped underground. Now that it has been unearthed by new construction on the property, it's ready to cause some major mischief...and worse.

Angel Chronicles: Vol. 3
Written by: Nancy Holder

For Buffy the Vampire Slayer, birthdays aren't all parties and cake--hers tend to involve a life-or-death battle with a big evil. Her seventeenth celebration isn't an exception. While Buffy's friends organize a festive gathering in honor of the special day, Spike and Drusilla are planning their own surprise party for the Slayer--with a devastating demon as the grand finale.

But a passionate night with Angel changes everything. Suddenly, Buffy must deal with two forms of ultimate evil: the almost-indestructible Judge--and the legendary vampire Angelus, who is determined to exact his special brand of revenge on the young woman who showed him true love.

Power of Persuasion
Written by: Elizabeth Massie

When the female population of Sunnydale starts strutting its girl power, the push for gender equality seems like a normal expression of '90's feminism. After all, a girl trying out for the football team isn't usually a sign of imminent danger. But when the guys start acting like powerless pawns and a few even turn up dead, Buffy Summers notices that the local womyn's movement has reached a feverish--and probably unnatural--pitch.

The Slayer is the only one who can see straight during the ultimate battle of the sexes. Her friends--including Giles--are spellbound by the malignant muses permeating the school. Even the local vampires are acting strange. Alone in her search for answers, Buffy must figure out who's behind the sinister sisterhood...and close the gender gap before the feminist revolution goes too far.

The Willow Files: Vol. 1
Written by: Yvonne Navarro

When Buffy the Vampire Slayer arrived in Sunnydale, she befriended a bookish, insecure girl named Willow. As a Slayerette, Will uses her computer prowess for good, hacking into electronic government files and researching obscure rituals on the Web. But Willow's love life is severely lacking, consisting of an unfulfilled crush on her friend Xander and short-lived fling with a deadly demon she met over the Internet.

Through her own often-life-threatening experiences with the Slayer, Willow gains the confidence to just be herself in the peer pressure-filled world of high school. And when her first real boyfriend, Oz, turns out to be a bit...unusual...in his own right, Willow is just the girl to prove that love really is blind...and a little scary.