The Restless Dead

Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural

• Author(s): Various,
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Pages: 253
• ISBN_10: 0763636711
  ISBN_13: 9780763636715
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Fiction / Horror , Juvenile Fiction / Short Stories , Juvenile Fiction / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural , Young Adult Fiction / Horror , Young Adult Fiction / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural , Young Adult Fiction / Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies ,

Description:... Grade 8 Up?A mixed bag. The book opens with Kelly Link's forgettable "The Wrong Grave" and is followed by Chris Wooding's "The House and the Locket," a pale imitation of a Poe tale. The third story, "Kissing Dead Boys," however, is classic Annette Curtis Klause and it alone may be worth the price of the book. Klause takes the tired-sexy-vampire and vampire-hunter conventions and makes them fresh in just 14 pages. Marcus Sedgwick, Libba Bray, and Holly Black also contribute notable stories that their fans will enjoy. On balance this will be a worthwhile addition to most collections.