Marisa and Mary are back-again! We have a new season and a new episode of The Book Jam!  Today’s books are books that we’d recommend to Wednesday Addams herself. A middle grade horror book for the tricky to recommend for advanced reader who could also read Stephen King. A deliciously fun YA read for those who want a vampire story with LGBTQIA+ and a dark academia twist.

 Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile.

Marisa’s book:

The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy. Middle Grade, Grades 5+. Published by Balzer + Bray, September 13, 2022. 

Mary’s book:

Youngblood by Sasha Laurens. Teen, Grades 9+. Published by Razorbill, July 19, 2022.

Books we talked about this episode:

The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy

Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy

The Golden Thread: A Song for Pete Seeger by Colin Meloy

Everyone's Awake by Colin Meloy

Neil Gaiman books

Margaret Peterson Haddix

IT by Stephen King

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine 

Clive Parker

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman 

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Evermore by Alyson Noel

Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig

Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

The Grimrose Girls by aura Pohl

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson