Marked (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Zoey Redbird: 16 year old girl of Cherokee descendence who is marked and enrolled in a vampyre school called House of Night. Also the main character.
• Stevie Rae Johnson: Zoey's roommate who is a complete Okie. Loves country music.
• Erin Bates: Zoey has many new friends all of them are very strange in their own way and yet she feels at home with them.
• Shaunee Cole: Another new friend of Zoey's, and she also has an affinity to fire. Erin and her are "twins" although they look different; they have some sort of psychic connection and are very similar.
• Damien Maslin: He is a very friendly character and becomes one of Zoe's close friends. He also has an affinity for air and is rather feminine. He's also gay.
• Aphrodite LaFonte: She is one of the "popular" girls in the House of Night and has a tough attitude towards many at the House of Night. She is a High Priestess "in training."
• Erik Night: Hottest guy at the House of Night, and Zoey's almost boyfriend and Aphrodite's ex-boyfriend. He is incredibly talented on stage (in drama).
• Heath Luck: Z's human football player ex-boyfriend, who she likes at times, then doesn't, then does.
• Nyx: Goddess of night and mother of all vampyres.
• Neferet: Zoey's Mentor and High Priestess.
• Loren Blake: The youngest Vampyre poet laureate and professor at House of Night.
• John Heffer: Zoey's step dad who is very religious. She refers to him as step loser. Zoey does NOT like him.
• Linda Heffer: Zoey's mother. She does not like Zoey being a vampyre.
• Dragon Lankford: Fencing professor
• Lenobia: Add a description of this character.
• Anastasia Lankford: The spells and rituals professor and Dragon's wife.
• Kayla: Zoey's ex best friend.
• Elizabeth: Zoey's classmate dies.
• Nala: Zoey's cute cat. Named after the lioness in "The Lion King."
• Sylvia Redbird: Zoey's Cherokee grandmother who she can always count on. Grandma Redbird has a lavender farm and always smells of Lavender. She teaches Zoey the Cherokee ways.
• Penthasilea: Literature professor. She is referred to as Professor P by the students.
• Persephone: Zoey's favorite horse.
• Deino: One of Aphrodite's followers. Her name means "Terrible."

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• “Zoey Redbird Daughter of Night , I name you my eyes and ears in the world today, a world where good and evil are struggling to find balance”

  Nyx

• “Darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.”

  Nyx

• “But I'm sixteen! I can't even parallel-park! How am I supposed to know how to be your eyes and ears?”

  Zoey Redbird

• “Well, I guess being the next Nicole Kidman wouldn't be bad (not that I plan on marrying and then divorcing a manic short guy)”

  Zoey Redbird

• “And this is our token guy in our group, Damien Maslin. But he's gay, so I don't really think he counts as a guy.”

  Stevie Rae

• “Actually, since I'm gay I think I should count for two guys instead of just one. I mean, in me you get the male point of view and you don't have to worry about me wanting to touch your boobies.”

  Damien Maslin

• “Kayla, if you don't shut up I'll fly down there and suck every last bit of blood from your stupid cheating cow body!”

  Zoey Redbird

• “Zoey Montgomery! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night.”

  Tracker

• “Oh no..." I whispered to myself, "it would be just my luck to get a raging case of diarrhea.”

  Zoey Redbird

• “If everyone called things what they are we'd all be a lot less confused. For instance, you know when I have to go to the bathroom I state the obvious - I have urine that needs to come out of my urethra. Simple. Easy. Clear.”

  Damien Maslin

• “It didn't work because it seemed like a crude imitation of Neferet's dance to "She Walks in Beauty." If this music was a poem it would be more like "Some Ho Grinds Her Bootie.”

  Zoey Redbird

• “It's Star Wars, the original ones. I know all the lines for all the parts." He leaned closer and whispered again. "I can even do Chewbacca's parts.”

  Erik Night

• “Don't you think baby corns are scary? There's just something wrong about their midget bodies.”

  Erik Night

• “The entire world knew that there was nothing anyone could do to bring on the Change. The whole "if you get bit by a vampyre you'll die and become one" thing is strictly fiction. Scientists have been trying to figure out what causes the sequence of physical events that leads to vampyrism for years, hoping that if they figure it out they could cure it, or at least invent a vaccine to fight against it. So far, no such luck. But now John Heffer, my step loser, had suddenly discovered that bad teenage behavior-specifically my bad behavior, which mostly consisted of an occasional lie, some pissed off thoughts and smart-ass comments directed primarily against my parents, and maybe some semi-harmless lust for Ashton Kutcher(sad to say he likes older women)- actually brought about this physical reaction in my body. Welll, hell! Who knew?”

  Zoey Montgomery

• “Well, he was wearing those really bad pants with that awful shirt. Clearly he did need some things explained to him by a teenager, but I didn't think it was the right time to mention his unfortunate and obvious fashion impairment”

  Zoey to her step loser

• “Oh, God, I'm sorry I-" I broke off, wondering if it was okay to say "God". Would it offend Neferet, a High Priestess who wore her Goddess Mark so proudly? Hell, would it offend Nyx? Oh, God. What about saying "Hell"? It was my favorite cuss word ever. (Okay, it was really the only cuss word I used reguarly.)”

  Zoey

• “Okay, I knew exactly what she was talking about, but it wasn't because I'm a hopeless history nerd. It's because when I was younger I thought I was in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, and my mom got me the entire DVD collection of his movies for my twelfth birthday. This particular movie I watched so many times I still have most of it memorized (and I cannot tell you how many times I snot cried when he slipped off that board and floated away like an adorable Popsicle).”

  Zoey Redbird

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• “Zoey Montgomery! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night!”

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• Great Goddess of Night, whose voice I hear in the wind, who breathes the breath of life to Her children. Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom.

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• Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset that comes before the beauty of your night. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught your people.

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• Beautiful, see the cloud, the cloud appear. Beautiful, see the rain, the rain draw near . . .

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

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• Tulsa, Oklahoma: Zoey's hometown and location of House of Night School.
• Philbrook Museum

Organizations edit see section history

• House of Night: Boarding schools all around the world for people going through the Change of being a vampyre fledgling to an adult vampyre (people marked by Nyx), but not all make it. The particular House of Night in this book is the one in Oklahoma.
• Dark Daughters and Sons: Elite group of students at the House of Night that are supposed to be all into school spirit, but majority are under Aphrodite's 'spell'. Aphrodite and her 'friends' put on two shows for two different groups of people, for the adult vampyres, they're nice, welcoming, what they're supposed to be. For everyone else, that isn't under Aphrodite's spell, they are frequently considered 'hags from hell' that hate humans.
• Refrigerator: They are used during Dark Daughter and Son's ritual. Since drinking blood from a human is not allowed. They have a fellow student serve as a refrigerator, giving blood.
• People of Faith: A large church that are against vampyres.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Consuetudinary: customary or traditional
• hubris: having godlike arrogance
• Sycophants: a servile flatterer

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Betrayed.

Preceded by Running With Scissors, and followed by A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Preceded by Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and followed by The Pact.

Preceded by It, and followed by The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Preceded by Lolita, and followed by The Secret.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. P. C. Cast (Author)
2. Kristin Cast (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• New York Times Best Seller List
• RT (2007: Reviewers' Choice -- Young Adult, Winner)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3603.A869 M37 2007
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some sexual references and scenes and lots of profanity.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Series
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy

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• House of Night Series
• P.C. Cast

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