Coyote Moon

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Canonicity warning: The following is not considered canonical in the Buffyverse.''

Coyote Moon is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy.

Contents

1 Book Description
2 Continuity

2.0.1 Canonical issues
2.0.2 Timing

3 Trivia
4 External links

4.1 Reviews

Book Description

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

It's summer vacation in Sunnydale and the carnival has come to town. At the carnival Willow and Xander hook up with two carnies but Buffy sense something evil about them and she thinks it has something to do with the sudden influx of coyotes in the area. Eventually Buffy learns that the carnies are skinwalkers and that they're in town to raise Spurs Hardaway, their old master, from his grave in one of Sunnydale's cemeteries. Buffy has to stop these werecoyotes before Willow and Xander become their victims.

Continuity

Canonical issues

Buffy novels, such as this one are considered by most fans to not be part of Buffyverse canon. They are not considered as official Buffyverse reality, but are novels from the authors' imaginations. However unlike fanfic, 'overviews' summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Buffy merchandise.

Timing

The book is supposed to be set in the summer after Buffy's first year at Sunnydale High.
The book breaks with established Buffy 'canon'. Buffy should be in LA during this time as explained in When She Was Bad. Furthermore the emotions of Buffy do not synchronise with those of Buffy at this time according to established 'canon'.
Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

Location, time (if known)	Buffyverse chronology: Spring 1996 - Spring 1997 (non-canon = italic)
Los Angeles, summer 1996	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)>Film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Los Angeles, summer 1996	Buffy graphic novel: The Origin (Buffy comic)>The Origin
Los Angeles, summer 1996	Buffy graphic novel: Viva Las Buffy (Buffy comic)>Viva Las Buffy
Los Angeles, summer 1996	Buffy graphic novel: Slayer Interrupted (Buffy comic)>Slayer Interrupted
Los Angeles, summer 1996	Buffy graphic novel: A Stake to the Heart (Buffy comic)>A Stake to the Heart
Sunnydale, fall 1996	B1.00 Unaired Buffy pilot
Sunnydale, fall 1996	B1.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth (Buffy episode)>Welcome to the Hellmouth
Sunnydale, fall 1996	B1.02 The Harvest (Buffy episode)>The Harvest
Sunnydale, fall 1996	WB Buffy promo: History of the Slayer
Sunnydale, fall 1996	B1.03 The Witch (Buffy episode)>The Witch
Sunnydale, fall 1996	B1.04 Teacher's Pet (Buffy episode)>Teacher's Pet
Sunnydale, Halloween 1996	Buffy book: Halloween Rain (Buffy novel)>Halloween Rain
Sunnydale, 1996/7	Buffy book: Night of the Living Rerun (Buffy novel)>Night of the Living Rerun
Sunnydale, 1996/7	B1.05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date (Buffy episode)>Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Sunnydale, 1996/7	B1.06 The Pack (Buffy episode)>The Pack
Sunnydale, 1996/7	B1.07 Angel (Buffy episode)>Angel
Sunnydale, 1996/7	Buffy the Animated Series>Buffy the Animated Series unaired four-minute pilot
Sunnydale, 1996/7	B1.08 I, Robot... You, Jane (Buffy episode)>I, Robot... You, Jane
Sunnydale, 1996/7	B1.09 The Puppet Show (Buffy episode)>The Puppet Show
Sunnydale, 1996/7	B1.10 Nightmares (Buffy episode)>Nightmares
Sunnydale, 1996/7	B1.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight (Buffy episode)>Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Sunnydale, spring 1997	B1.12 Prophecy Girl (Buffy episode)>Prophecy Girl
Sunnydale, summer 1997	Buffy book: Coyote Moon (Buffy novel)>Coyote Moon
Sunnydale, & L.A., summer 1997	Buffy anthology book: How I Survived My Summer Vacation (Buffy novel)>How I Survived My Summer Vacation

Trivia

Tagline: 'Humans by day... Evil by night'.
Buffyverse canon characters include: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Cordelia
Buffyverse non-canon characters include: Rose, Lonnie, Hopscotch (werecoyotes); Dr. Henshaw (friendly doctor); Spurs Hardaway (villain)

External links

Reviews

Buffy novels
Buffy books in order of Buffyverse chronology Tales of the Slayer \| [[Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row (Buffy novel)\|Pretty Maids All in a Row]] \| Blackout \| Halloween Rain \| Coyote Moon \| Night of the Living Rerun \| How I Survived My Summer Vacation \| Keep Me In Mind \| The Suicide King \| Colony \| Night Terrors \| After Image \| Carnival of Souls \| Blooded \| [[Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary]] \| Sins of the Father \| Child of the Hunt \| Ghoul Trouble \| Paleo \| The Evil That Men Do \| Doomsday Deck \| Immortal \| Prime Evil \| Power of Persuasion \| Revenant \| The Gatekeeper \| Resurrecting Ravana \| Return to Chaos \| Visitors \| Unnatural Selection \| Obsidian Fate \| Deep Water \| Here Be Monsters \| The Book of Fours \| Sunnydale High Yearbook \| Lost Slayer \| Oz \| These Our Actors \| Unseen \| Tempted Champions \| Little Things \| Crossings \| Sweet Sixteen \| Wisdom of War \| Cursed \| Blood and Fog \| Monster Island \| Wicked Willow \| Seven Crows \| Apocalypse Memories \| Mortal Fear \| Spark and Burn \| Heat \| ''Queen of the Slayers

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