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Rules for Vampires


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No. of pages 368

Published: 2021

Great for age 9-12 years

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Straighten your cape and sharpen your claws . . . being a vampire is harder than it looks! The spookiest story you'll read this year from Alex Foulkes,illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.'A wickedly fun debut, with a wonderfully strong girl hero' Cressida Cowell, Children's LaureateThere are highs and lows to being a vampire. On one claw, you get cool powers like beastly strength and hypnotism and the ability to GRIMWALK. On the other claw, however, vampires are bound by the Vampiric Laws: rules to protect the balance between the worlds of the Living and the Undead. And unfortunately, 11-year-old Leo has just forgotten rule number one . . .The Rules for Vampires don't tell you what to do when you make a ghostly enemy, or accidentally restart an ancient war. But Leo and her very unusual family are more than up to the job.A monstrously funny and devilishly dark new adventure from debut talent Alex Foulkes, illustrated throughout by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, Rules for Vampires is the series that fans of Lemony Snickett and Skulduggery Pleasant will devour for breakfast.*A spooky sequel toRules for Vampireswill BITE BACK soon coming this Autumn*Praise forRules for Vampires:'Fans of fast-paced, well-written gothic romps will devourRules for Vampires' Phil Earle, bestselling authorof When the Sky FallsDeliciously dark, fangtastically feisty and gloriously gothic!'Laura Ellen Anderson, author of Amelia FangBrilliant! Its a deadly funny, twisty, gothic romp with the loveliest vampire. Sara Ogilvies illustrations are the perfect match Jenny McLachlan, bestselling author of Land of Roar'Wonderfully atmospheric, humorous and touchingRadiya Hafiza, author of Rumaysa

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 9 years.

There are 368 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by Simon & Schuster Ltd .

PETER BENTLY has written several picture books including The Shark in the Dark and Cats Ahoy! (both Macmillan). He has also written the Vampire School series of young fiction for OUP. He studied languages at Oxford and now lives in Devon with his wife and two children. SARA OGILVIE is one of Booktrust's Best New Illustrators. She studied Illustration and Printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art and now lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne.