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Violence
Some
Some vampire action and a slayer's threat; handled in the YA comedy-horror register
Language
Barely any
Mild language appropriate for YA
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild: the typical middle school social pressures, amplified by being a vampire
What this book is about
Vladimir Tod is the only half-vampire at Bathory Junior High, surviving the social nightmare of eighth grade with the help of his best friend Henry and his understanding aunt Nelly. When a vampire slayer arrives in town specifically for him, his awkward social existence becomes considerably more complicated. Heather Brewer's YA series uses its supernatural premise more for comic effect than horror, with a protagonist whose supernatural problem is secondary to the genuine pain of middle school.
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