"House of Night: The Beginning: Marked and Betrayed" follows the story of Zoey Redbird, a teenager who discovers she has been marked as a fledgling vampire and is now forced to leave her normal life behind to attend the House of Night, a school for vampires. As Zoey navigates her new reality, she faces challenges that test her friendships and abilities. She discovers a strange connection to the vampyre goddess, Nyx, and must embrace her unique gifts to protect herself and her new friends from threats both external and internal. Filled with intrigue, romance, and the struggle for acceptance, Zoey's journey is just beginning. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called House Of Night Novels .

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade-12th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

There are 640 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by St. Martin's Griffin .

Kristin Cast has won awards for her poetry and journalism. She also lives in Oklahoma, where she attends college in Tulsa.