Junior high really stinks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: His mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers and no one to teach him, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. When a strange substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. But then he realizes he has a much bigger problem: He’s being hunted by a vampire killer who is closing in . . . fast!
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3.5 out of 5 stars
I would have put 4, but this book was so short that it didn't have enough things happening to be a 4 star. If it had been one hundred pages or so longer, I think it could have gotten a 4.
I liked this book. For some of it, I could kinda tell what was going to happen, and it was a very short book. It was very funny, (which was a good change from the last book I read) and it read very easily.
I must say, the eighth graders really do act like eighth graders. Henry was spot on, although I thought he was a lot funnier, you know, had a much better sense of humor. And Vlad is probably the most mature eighth grader, but I guess when you've hid who you are all your life, you might learn to grow up a little. :)
Like I said, this was a tiny book! It wasn't even two hundred pages. But it was very good for how many pages it had, and I'm going to start the second one tommorow :)
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