Vlad is about to start his first year of high school and if that's not hard enough, there seems to be a vampire slayer after him. He barely survived the 8th grade, will he come out on top again? Luckily, Henry, Nelly, his Uncle Otis, and Henry's cousin are all on his side - or are they? This book is full of surprises! DO NOT miss out on the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod!
Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class, this mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction.