Re: Middle : Christopher Pike Vampire series

[Gordon Riley <Gordon_Riley@MERCERSBURG.EDU>]

This series is much better than anything else by Pike.  I used them  very =
successfully for booktalks in the midgrades.  They were #2 in poplularity =
after Chinese Handcuffs and before Weetzie Bat with 6-9 graders in Queens. =
 It has a great hook, a 3000 year old vampire goes to highschool and a =
fabulous passage to read, in Book 2 where she threatens the private =
investigator.  Essentially you have a girl superhero, with good morals, =
who winds up saving the world at least 3 times.  Everything from ancient =
religions to martial arts.  A bit more bloodshed than we might like, but =
nothing like a Segal film.

Gordon Riley
Technical Services Librarian
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg, PA
Gordon_riley@mercersburg.edu
The opinions expressed are my own!

"You have to be cynical, you have to question things.  You can't take =
someone named Belle LaBelle on face value.  What's her angle, huh?  Who's =
payroll is she on? You find out the answers to those things, and then you =
start movin' fast and crooked.  You go through doorways sideways and low, =
at odd angles.  You look for the big lie, question everything."  Jim =
Rockford, The Rockford Files

>>> Susan Burstein <portland@CONNIX.COM> 03/02 11:51 AM >>>
A student has asked if I would purchase the Pike Vampire books.  I tend
not to buy Pike, but that could just be (okay, IS ;-)  ) a personal bias.
What do you think of this series for a middle school library?

TIA


Susan Burstein,
Portland Middle School Library
Portland, CT 06480
portland@connix.com   OR burstein@connix.com=20

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