Vampire Island Paperback - 2008
by Adele Griffin
From a National Book Awardfinalist comes a lively new spinon the classic vampire tale.When old-world dangers threaten a race of fruit bathybrids, where can they run to? New York City,of course! And that's where we meet the Livingstonekids Lexie, Hudson, and Maddy tryingto blend their 'vampireness' with the regularpeople of the city. Unfortunately, their vampiretraits keep complicating things. Lexie's superspeed, amazing strength, and poetry-quotinghabit embarrass her in front of classmates and hersecret crush. Hudson can fly and is determined tosave the planet, but with a vocabulary from thewrong century, he doesn't quite fit in. And thenthere's Maddy, who has a hard time sticking to hervegetarian diet, and an even harder time convincingher siblings that their new neighbors are vampires.With all these challenges, will Lexie, Hudson, andMaddy ever be able to navigate the normal world?
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When old-world dangers threaten a race of fruit bat hybrids, where can they run to? New York City, of course! And that?s where we meet the Livingstone kids?Lexie, Hudson, and Maddy?trying to blend their ?vampireness? with the regular people of the city. Unfortunately, their vampire traits keep complicating things. Lexie?s super speed, amazing strength, and poetry-quoting habit embarrass her in front of classmates?and her secret crush. Hudson can fly and is determined to save the planet, but with a vocabulary from the wrong century, he doesn?t quite fit in. And then there?s Maddy, who has a hard time sticking to her vegetarian diet, and an even harder time convincing her siblings that their new neighbors are vampires. With all these challenges, will Lexie, Hudson, and Maddy ever be able to navigate the normal world?
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- Title Vampire Island
- Author Adele Griffin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 120
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books
- Publication date 2008-06-19
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780142411827 / 0142411825
- Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 4.98 x 0.41 in (19.81 x 12.65 x 1.04 cm)
- Age range 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 800
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Brothers and sisters, Vampires
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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