A couple of new vampire series have joined the many others on the NYT children’s lists. Cynthia Leitich Smith’s second YA dark fantasy, Eternal, debuts on the 3/14 NYT Children’s Paperback best seller list at #5.

The NYT annotation reads, “Vampires plus fallen angels equal romance.” Horn Book puts it this way,

Teen readers have lapped up the steady outpouring of vampire books, most of which feature a forbidden mortal/immortal romance. Here Smith creatively revamps the star-crossed pair as a “newly risen” eternal (read vampire), adolescent Miranda, and her fallen guardian angel, Zachary.

She also brings a refreshing touch of humor to the mix.

Eternal is a companion book to the author’s earlier title Tantilize (Candlewick, 2007). Coming next year is Blessed, in which the casts from the previous two books will cross over.

Eternal Cynthia Leitich Smith Retail Price: $8.99 Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Candlewick – (2010-02-09) ISBN / EAN: 076364773X / 9780763647735

Audio from Listening Library; UNABR; 9780739385616
Audio and ebook available from OverDrive

Tantalize Cynthia Leitich Smith Retail Price: $8.99 Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Candlewick – (2008-07-22) ISBN / EAN: 076364059X / 9780763640590

Audio from Listening Library; UNABR; 9780739363997
Audio and ebook available from OverDrive

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Heather Brewer’s Chronicles of Vladimir Tod entered the competitive Series Books list at #5 two weeks ago and is now at #7. The series began with Eighth Grade Bites (Dutton, 2007). The fourth book in the series, Eleventh Grade Burns came out in hardcover last month and the paperback of Tenth Grade Bleeds came out in January, with Twelfth Grade Kills scheduled for September.

Brilliance is releasing the series in audio this summer.

Eleventh Grade Burns #4: Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #4 Heather Brewer Retail Price: $16.99 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Dutton Juvenile – (2010-02-09) ISBN / EAN: 0525422439 / 9780525422433

ebook available from OverDrive.

Tenth Grade Bleeds #3: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Heather Brewer Retail Price: $8.99 Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Speak – (2010-01-12) ISBN / EAN: 014241560X / 9780142415603

ebook available from OverDrive.

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Twelfth Grade Kills Heather Brewer Retail Price: $16.99 Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Dutton Juvenile – (2010-09-16) ISBN / EAN: 0525422242 / 9780525422242

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Stretching a bit to zombies, Carrie Ryan debuts on the Series Books list with The Forest of Hands and Teeth. The second book in the series, The Dead-Tossed Waves was just released. PW said the new book, “…functions as something of a retelling of [the previous] story, albeit with a different protagonist.”

The Dead-Tossed Waves (Forest of Hands and Teeth, Book 2) Carrie Ryan Retail Price: $17.99 Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers – (2010-03-09) ISBN / EAN: 0385736843 / 9780385736848

The paperback of the first volume was released last month.

The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan Retail Price: $9.99 Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers – (2010-02-09) ISBN / EAN: 0385736827 / 9780385736824

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