Marked (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Zoey Redbird: The main character. Zoey is a 16 year old girl of Cherokee descendence who is Marked and enrolled in a vampyre school called House of Night. The novel revolves around her discovering more about being a vampyre, having a love interest, meeting new friends, and finding her new role in the House of Night.
• Stevie Rae Johnson: Zoey's roommate who is smart, pretty and has a thick Oklahoma accent. Loves country music and her Ropers.
• Erin Bates: A friend of Zoey's at the House of Night. Erin and Shaunee, despite looking different, act like twins.
• Shaunee Cole: One of Zoey's new friends at the House of Night and one-half of the "Twins."
• Damien Maslin: Damien is another student who befriends Zoey. He is gay. Damien uses lots of complex vocabulary, tries to expands his friends vocabulary and exceptionally intelligent.
• 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." She is the leader of the Dark Daughters.
• Erik Night: A student at the House of Night. He is talented in the area of drama, and is invited to Zoey's drama class to deliver a monologue. He is very attractive.
• Heath Luck: Zoey's human football player ex-boyfriend.
• Nyx: The Goddess of night and the mother of all vampyres. Vampyres worship her.
• Neferet: Zoey's Mentor and High Priestess. She is also a healer.
• 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 had a great relationship with Zoey until she got remarried. Since then, Linda has allowed her new husband to tell her what to do, and her relationship with her daughter has suffered.
• Dragon Lankford: The fencing professor at the House of Night. Elliot's mentor.
• Lenobia: Equestrian studies professor, named after a famous vampyre. She is very beautiful. She is really good with horses, she can talk to them to calm them down, find out their past, and what breed, and history.
• Anastasia Lankford: The spells and rituals professor. Dragon Lankford's wife.
• Kayla: Zoey's ex best friend, whom Zoey often called 'K'. She is human and is crushing on Zoey's almost-ex-boyfriend Heath.
• Elizabeth: A classmate of Zoey's at the House of Night. When she entered the House of Night she chose to have no last name (all students can select new names if they wish), as she disliked her actual last name (Titsworth).
• 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. She is able to learn about horses in her equestrian studies class.
• Deino: One of Aphrodite's followers.

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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

• “As he said the last 2 lines his eyes locked with mine and, just like in the hall the day before, it seemed as if there was no one else in the room- no one else in the world.”

  Zoey Redbird:

• “Zo, whatever's happened with your body is cool with me. You look seriously hot. You've always been beautiful, but now you look like a real goddess. (page 178)”

  Heath

• “But I noticed Aphrodite wasn't looking at the dress. She was looking at my Mark, which bugged the crap out of me. Ok, my Mark is colored in- get over it already! I didn't say anything, though. I mean, this was totally her "party" and I was the guest. Translation: I was totally outnumbered, so I better be good. (page 157)”

  Zoey Redbird

• “Magic! They were actually praying for magic! Would it work-could it work? Was there really magic in this world? (page 147)”

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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.

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

Not suited for those under 15. Lots of sexual references, vulgarity, and cussing.

Subjects edit see section history

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

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• House of Night: Website that contains information about this book and all the other books in the series.

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