hm there's one lgbtq+ comic series I really enjoyed.

Phoenix and the rest of you, I've had time to check these out and found them rated age 14 and up, so I'm deleting the specific titles. I hope you understand.

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As for horror, the creepiest book I've ever read is seriously terrifying. It's a nonfiction about the origins of Ebola, and it goes into some gruesome detail. I find it interesting, and I think it would fit for interesting-horror-without-zombies, but it might not be for you :) serious creepiness warning, though, if you do decide to check it out.

Another possible (and much lighter) horror book I'd say is Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidecker, which is fiction/fantasy.

Edgar Allen Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" is very creepy horror, and far more realistic than a lot of its kind. To be honest, I didn't really enjoy it that much, because it was (as he probably intended) disturbing and rather depressing. He's written lots of other short stories too, although I haven't read them.

There's also Gallant, which is much less dark but nonetheless pretty horror-y; there's a parallel world and living shadows and such. It's definitely fantasy, unlike Poe's. I love V.E. Schwab's writing style, and the characters, myself. And this really doesn't have anything to do with anything, but it's got the awesomest cover art.

Lupine, one of the titles you mention is rated too old for Chatterbox and I can't find any info about the other one to check it out. I'm sorry.

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Hi, StarCrystal! I don't actually have any recommendations, but I just wanted to ask - are you sure you want to read horror? I only ask because horror books are, well, horrifying. (Okay, that's obvious lol.) I don't think that it's good for anyone to read them.

I don't mean to be bossy and I really hope that this doesn't sound like
I'm trying to dictate what you should read or anything like that. It's just that I care about you and I don't want you to be hurt by reading horrifying things.

I know I say this all the time, but the world really is beautiful. It holds so much for us delight in. Even though it's easy to get distracted by the negative books/movies/whatever in the world (it's happened to me at times too), I kind of feel that it would be better to reject them. I've found from personal experience that focusing on positive things makes us better equipped to face troubling events in real life whenever they do happen, plus it makes us so much happier, healthier, and stronger. And if you'd like any recommendations for books that will help you with that, I'd be more than happy to give them to you.

Again, I really hope this doesn't sound bossy. I wish you the best of luck in your reading! :))))

Yes, absolutely!! The Cherry Ames series by Helen Wells. It's about a nurse (named Cherry Ames), who enlists as an American army nurse in WWII and has adventures + solves a mystery or two. It's exciting, funny sometimes and very well-written and has great characters - it makes you feel as if you're right there while you're reading it. Cherry doesn't enlist in the army until the third book (Cherry Ames, Army Nurse) but I'd recommend reading the first two as well, as they're just as interesting and fun as the others. And I've heard you mention that you like more positive books (yay, fellow positive-book fan! :D) so I'm pretty sure you'll like this series. It has adventure and all, but the tone is really cheerful and spirited. Also, the series was actually written during WWII, so it's interesting as a a way to see what the general mood in the US was like during that time.

(After the fifth book the war ends, but the series is still really good up to the seventh book.)

Perhaps you've read some of these before, but-

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

-are all great WWII historical fiction. The last two are juvenile fiction and the first is considered appropriate for ages 12+. For a couple of them it has been a while since I've read them, but I remember they were good!

Also maybe anything by Jennifer Neilson? She's written a lot of books, most not in WW2, but she has one called Resistance that I haven't read, but it's set in WW2.

I have the absolute best book for you. It's called A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus. It's about these three orphaned children at the beginning of WWll. They're basically evacuated from London into the countryside to find a permanent home, and it's really good. Maybe too young for you, but I'd consider checking it out. I loved it.

Of course, The War That Saved My Life, but someone already suggested that, so nevermind.

That's all I have really.