I recently read Deb Gerace's The Girl Who Galloped on Kindle.

It reminded me of another old book, Bella Arabella, in which a ten year old girl matures after transforming into a cat. However, in Galloped, an eleven year old Rachel Renfro has a strong fascination with horses. As her friends grow up and get into boys and teenage things, Rachel still ( Read more... )

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Much like the Twilight books, Shiver is a romantic teen's novel about werewolves and humans co-existing in Mercy Falls, Minnesota. However, in this series, werewolf transformations are triggered from changes in temperature as opposed to phases of the moon or free will. Cold weather will lead to a wolf shift while warmth yields ( Read more... )

While looking for the hardcover of Kick Ass, I stumbled upon a graphic novel entitled, WerewolvesIt's a cross journal/crude sketchbook detailing the events of a teenage girl, Alice, and her brother, Mark, as they slowly turn into werewolves after being attacked in the woods. Their changes are gradual, starting with enhanced senses and meat ( Read more... )

Lone Wolf by Kathryn Lasky

A spin-off series, Lone Wolf is the first of a series of juvenile fantasies revolving around wolves in the wild. Faolan is a "deformed" (one splayed paw) pup taken from his mother and left for dead in a river by another she-wolf. He winds up encountering a grieving grizzly sow who was waiting in the same river after ( Read more... )

A new horror anthology featuring 24 werewolf stories from Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, and more.

The Mammoth Book of Wolfmen has to be among the best collections of werewolf lore available. The stories explore various transformations from man to beast (and in one instance, beast to man) and are, for the most part, decently written. This tome is a ( Read more... )

The Wolfman has two interesting tales. first, this is the first posthumously published work of a slain auxiliary cop working in NYC.

The main story is reminiscent of the old The Incredible Hulk. The protagonist is Marlowe, a rude and crude ex-Vietnam vet eking out a living in a small town in the South. By day, Marley works as a cook in a ( Read more... )

Found this book on the librarian's cart.

Beastly is a modern spin on Beauty & The Beast. It's a lot like Disney's Enchanted-- both stories take place in New York City in the here and now and reek of fairy tale influences ( Read more... )

Lycanthropes.org's list of werewolf and animal transformation books.

In the sequel to last year's "Ravenous," a small California tourist town is slowly being infiltrated by werewolves. Again, people are turned from sexual intercourse with lycanthropy carriers. The town sheriff takes advantage of the weak points of a Seventh-Day Adventist church community to increase the wolf population ( Read more... )

I bought Bella Arabella by Liza Fosburgh secondhand. In the fifth grade, I remember seeing a TV program where certain books were adapted into condensed versions for a 30 minute run. Bella Arabella was one of them and what caught my attention was when the girl (Arabella) turns into a cat ( Read more... )