Title: The Silver Kiss

Publication Date: 1991

Number of Pages: 198

Theme: Horror, Romance, Fiction, Vampires

Excerpt: None

Summary

Zoë is wary when, in the dead of night, the beautiful yet frightening Simon comes to her house. Simon seems to understand the pain of loneliness and death and Zoë's brooding thoughts of her dying mother.

Simon is one of the undead, a vampire, seeking revenge for the gruesome death of his mother three hundred years before. Does Simon dare ask Zoë to help free him from this lifeless chase and its insufferable loneliness?

Awards

1994 - Selected by the American Library Association as one of the 100 "Best of the Best"
1993 - The South Carolina Young Adult Book Award
1993 - The California Young Reader Medal
1993 - The Maryland Black-eyed Susan Award
1993 - The Sequoyah Young Adult Award, Oklahoma
1991 - American Library Association Best Books For Reluctant Readers
1991 - American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
1990 - Best Book of the Year Honor Book, Michigan Library Association
1990 - Booklist Best Books, and Editor's Choice
1990 - School Library Journal Best Books

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