Monday, February 18, 2008

Vampire High by Douglas Rees


I'll have to purchase this cute, fluffy vampire young adult novel for my collection. Students will love it. First, it has vampires in it. And, because of the Twilight popularity, anything will vampires flies off the shelves. Secondly, the main character, Cody Elliot, is one sarcastic teenager, even when faced with a school full of vampires. That's right. After he tries to anger his parents into moving back to California by failing school, his dad places him at Vlad Dracul, where everyone is smart, wears sunglasses, and has dark hair. Even without a tryout, Cody is placed on the water polo team. Soon, he learns that he is a token non-vampire kid who will automatically get As if he goes with the flow. But Cody isn't like that. The slacker kid wants to do well, especially if the teachers don't care about him. Cody ends up succeeding socially and academically at his new school, finds a best friend, falls in love with a vampire princess, and raises heck at his new school for the undead.

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