Marked
by P. C. Cast
★ Top 10 book of 2007 · #9 on Best Books of 2007
Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird enters the House of Night to train as a vampyre, though not every fledgling survives the Change. Marked as special by the goddess Nyx, she must find courage when a powerful classmate misuses her own gifts.
Best for: Teens who enjoy vampire school stories with friendship and a chosen heroine
Marked is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar.
What Marked is about
Zoey Redbird is sixteen, and in her world vampyres have always existed. One day a Tracker Marks her as a fledgling, which means leaving home for the Tulsa House of Night, a boarding school for those changing into vampyres. Her mother and ultra-religious stepfather try to keep her at home, so she runs to her grandmother Sylvia, a Cherokee Wise Woman, and has a vision of the goddess Nyx.
At school Zoey finds a roommate in Stevie Rae, friends in Damien, Erin and Shaunee, and a rival in Aphrodite, who can see the future and is misusing her gifts. Zoey's Mark is unusually filled in, a sign that Nyx has a great destiny in mind for her. The first book of the House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, it is youthful, melodramatic and supernatural, a story about fitting in, friendship and power.
Marked on the Best Books of 2007
Marked came out in 2007. Of the 53 books first published in 2007 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #9 on our Best Books of 2007 list.
Why it made the list: 351 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.7 out of 5 (24 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2007 list
- Call Me by Your Name André Aciman, #7
- The Well of Ascension Brandon Sanderson, #8
- A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah, #10
- There Is a Bird on Your Head! Mo Willems, #11
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 285 want to read it, 18 are reading it now and 48 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 24 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 75 | 55% |
| Reader love | 96 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 66 | 20% |
Questions about Marked
When was Marked published?
Marked by P. C. Cast was first published in 2007.
Was Marked one of the best books of 2007?
Marked is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar. 351 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.7 out of 5 (24 ratings).
Why is Marked on the Best Books of 2007 list?
351 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.7 out of 5 (24 ratings).
More of the best books of 2007
- Dog Days Jeff Kinney, #1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling, #2
- The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan, #3
- A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, #4
- Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, #5
- The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, #6
See the full Best Books of 2007, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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