Claudia H. Estrada

November 29, 2011

ENGL 112B

The Supernatural

The Supernatural genre has always fascinated me more than any other genre. I first discovered this genre when I was looking through my elementary school library. I was in the forth grade when I began reading the series of Fear Street by R.L. Stine, and it was at that moment that I fell in love with the supernatural genre, which I still enjoy today. Recently the supernatural genre has become very popular with the making of the Twilight series into a movie series and L.J. Smiths The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle series into a television series on the CW. The supernatural genre allows teens to read about themes and situations they might face in real life while adding the interesting realm of the supernatural.

The supernatural allows teens to enter a different world from their world. A world that also faces the same problems and situations they might be going through. In Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Bella is a young girl who finds love in a place she felt she hated and discovers that it is in that place where she belongs. Many teen relate to this story of trying to find where you belong. Discovering the life you are meant to live and finding your true love in a place you never would have guessed.

In the book Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast, Zoey is a young girl who discovers that she has been marked as a fledgling vampire. This change occurs when she has hit puberty, which is something teens must face in their lives. Zoey also discovers that she has powers she never knew she had.

Annotated Bibliography

1. Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. Marked. New York: St. Martin�s Griffin, 2007. Print.

Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been Marked as a fledgling vampyre and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre.

I chose this book because it tells the story where the change into becoming a vampire begins when the person hits puberty, which comes with many difficult situations that teens can relate to.

2. De la Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods. New York: Hyperion, 2007. Print.

Schuyler Van Alen is a girl who never quite fit into Duchesne, her prestigious New York City private school. She prefers baggy, vintage clothes to the Prada and pearls worn by her classmates. But when she turns fifteen, Schuyler�s life changes dramatically.

I chose this book because it is about a girl who never cared about fitting in with the in crowd, but suddenly is thrust in a mysterious world of the elite group of Blue Bloods, an ancient vampire group. Who are suddenly being attacked and killed and Schuyler begins investigating who is killing Blue Bloods.

3. Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush, hush. New York: Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2009. Print.

Nora is a high school sophomore, who has always been very cautious in her life and relationships. When suddenly Patch appears in her life; and Nora suddenly feels drawn to him, even though she senses that he has a dark side.

I chose this book because it was a book I read for my book talk. It shows the struggle of choosing between right or wrong and the problems that arise with falling in love.

4. Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2008. Print.

Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one day she really is. Even worse: she�s dead. And all because of a guy and a gummy bear.

I chose this story because it tells the story of a young teen who has always felt invisible and even when she is dead she still tries to find a way to be seen.

5. Littlefield, Sophie. Banished. New York: Delacorte Press, 2010. Print.

Hailey Tarbell is a sixteen-year-old girl, who discovers she not only has the power heal people, but can bring the dying back to life. Confused by her powers Hailey tries to search for answers, but only finds more questions.

I chose this book because it shows the struggles some teens face in school and their home life.

6. Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2005. Print.

Bella Swan is a young girl who moves to the town of Forks where she suddenly falls in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen. Bella discovers that it is among the Cullen family where she belongs.

I chose this book because it is a story about falling in love and finding where you truly belong. This novel has become very popular that it has been turned into a movie.

7. Kate, Lauren. Fallen. New York: Delacorte Press, 2009. Print.

Seventeen-year-old Luce Price is suspected in the death of her boyfriend. Luce is sent to a Savannah, Georgia, a reform school where she meets two intriguing boys and learns the truth about the strange shadows that have always haunted her.

I chose this book because it shows the struggles Luce faces when she falls in love and that love is not returned.

8. Porter, Tracey. Lark. New York: Laura Geringer Books, 2011. Print.

When sixteen-year-old Lark Austin is kidnapped from her Virginia hometown and left to die in a snowy forest, she leaves behind two friends who are stunned by the loss. As Lark�s former best friend, Eve can�t shake the guilt that this tragedy was somehow her fault. Meanwhile, Nyetta is haunted each night by Lark�s ghost, who comes through the bedroom window and begs Nyetta to set her soul free.

I chose this book because it talks about rape, murder, and the struggles loved ones must face.

9. Smith, L.J. The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive, Part I. New York:

HarperTeen, 2008. Print.

Forced to move from sunny California to gloomy Ne England, Cassie longs for her old Life. Even so, she feels a strange kinship to a terrifying group of teens who seem to rule her school. Initiated into the coven of witches that�s controlled New Salem for hundreds of years, she�s drawn into the Secret Circle, a thrill that�s both intoxicating and deadly. But when she falls for the mysterious and intriguing Adam, Cassie must choose whether to resist temptation or risk dark forces to get what she wants—even if it means that one wrong move could ultimately destroy her.

I chose this book because it recently has been turned into a television series on the CW.

10. Smith, L.J. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle. New York, NY:

HarperTeen, 2007. Print.

Elena is a young girl who is struggling with the loss of her parents. She suddenly meets Stephan and falls in love with him. She later meets his brother Damon who wants revenge against Stephan for betraying him.

This series of books has become a popular television series on the CW.

11. Stine, R.L. The Betrayal. New York: Simon Pulse, 2002. Print.

The story about the feud between the Goode and Fier families begins during the witch hunts in Massachusetts in the late seventeenth century.

I chose this book because it was the first book I read and made me discover the genre of the supernatural.