January/February Essential YA and Middle Grade Horror Essential Life commitments have restricted my reading of YA and Middle Grade horror over the early part of 2025, so I am delighted to be back on track with the first of my roundups. There are many familiar names in the mix here, … Jan/Feb Essential YA and Middle Grade HorrorRead more
Best of 2024: Middle Grade Horror and Dark Fiction Here are my top ticks for 2024, featuring my favourite Middle Grade horror and dark fiction titles. Due to my own YA Horror 400 almanac being published last June I read and reviewed less than in most other years. Nevertheless, there … Best of 2024: Middle Grade Horror and Dark FictionRead more
A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror Roundup Apologies for the recent erratic posting and radio silence, I have been working on another YA horror project which has taken up all my time. I have read many further books I have not yet had time to review but … A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror RoundupRead more
August 2023 YA and Middle Grade Roundup In our latest roundup we have an amazing ten books for you, almost all of which are worth a closer look. We are going to start with Emma Read’s rather lovely The House Trap, as it is the only Middle Grade novel featured … YA and MG Horror Books, August 2023Read more
The Psychotronic Book Club: Adventures in getting older teens to read (horror) I have been a school librarian for nearly thirty years, working in three very different schools and over that period have run many successful (with a few misfires along the way) book clubs. By far the most rewarding … The Psychotronic Book Club: Adventures in getting older teens to read (horror)Read more
YA and Middle-Grade Horror Roundup, June 2023 The YA and MG Horror roundup reviews took a slight break thanks to the website hack, but they will bounce back in style with nine new books in this latest feature. Six of the books are YA and the other three roughly Middle … YA and MG Horror RoundupRead more
Below you will find Tony Jones‘ alternative YA Bram Stoker Award listing. No website in the world provides as much coverage of YA horror/dark fiction as the Ginger Nuts of Horror and for the last number years, we have reviewed all the books featured on the HWA YA Bram Stoker … An Alternative YA Bram Stoker AwardRead more
