The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause

What could a 300-year-old vampire and a 16-year-old girl possibly have in common? When Zoe meets Simon one night in the park, she is drawn to him in a way that she doesn’t understand or trust. But everything changes when she learns that they share the same sadness—the deaths of their mothers. Zoe’s mother is dying of cancer, and Simon’s mother was brutally murdered.  As the two grow closer over their shared grief, Zoe learns that Simon has been hunting his mother’s killer for the past 300 years trying to avenge her death. Will Zoe risk her life to help Simon seek his revenge?  Is their bond strong enough to defeat such a deadly, dangerous killer?

This book combines fantasy with realistic themes of death, grief, revenge, romance, and friendship as Zoe and Simon deal with the deaths of their mothers and attempt to bring a murderer to justice. Recommended for young adults of all ages in a public or school library setting.

Awards

1990 Michigan Library Association Best Book of the Year Honor Book
1990 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
1990 Booklist Children's Editors' Choice
1991 ALA's Best Books for Young Adults
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
1994 ALA's Top 100 Best Books for Teens

Learn More

Read an interview with Annette Curtis Klause to find out more about her and her inspiration for writing The Silver Kiss as well as her other books.

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If you liked The Silver Kiss, you might also like Klause's third book, Blood and Chocolate, about a werewolf woman who falls in love with a human man and must choose between her pack and her love.  It was made into a movie in 2007.  You can watch the trailer here.

Klause, Annette Curtis. The Silver Kiss. New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. Print.

978-0375857829; Paperback; $9.00; 198 pages

Also available in hardback, ebook, and audiobook formats.