This lively, engaging story will keep your lower Key Stage 3 classes enthralled. Lost on a camping holiday abroad, Henry Hollins and family find themselves camping near a crumbling castle called ALUCARD. Noting the reverse spelling of the name, Henry explores the castle where he meets the Count, who sometimes changes into a fruit bat, is vegetarian, and quite appalled by his ancestors' antics. Babette Cole's witty illustrations complement the text throughout. Age 10 +

 

This book features in the following series: New Windmills Ks3, New Windmills Series .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Pearson Education Limited .