[LM_NET] REVIEW: Ninth Grade Slays

[Pamela Thompson <pthomp@SISD.NET>]

Ninth Grade Slays (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Book 2)
by Heather Brewer.
Scholastic, 2008.
278 pages.

The second installment in this series does not disappoint. Readers are "sucked" 
(pun intended) into the story by the second paragraph. A hunter for hire is after 
Vlad. Not only that, a vampire slayer shows up in town looking for any vampire to 
slay. Vlad truly has his hands full--trying to fool a hunter and a slayer and yet 
keep up his grades and try to get Meredith to notice him. This is no small 
feat--even if you are super-human!

 Vladlearns skills from the greatest teacher in vampiredom. He is now able to read 
people's thoughts and to plant thoughts into their minds. He is even able to 
communicate telepathically with his Uncle Otis and Henry, who is not only Vlad's 
best friend, but has become his drudge--a faithful servant of a vampire.

This novel is even stronger than the first and much more fun. Readers who enjoyed 
the first novel will like the second and chomp at the bit to devour (again, pun 
intended) books three and four. Great fun, and recommended for YA collections. 
Grades 7-high school

Just posted to my blog at: http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/


Pamela Thompson, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Col. John O. Ensor Middle School
13600 Ryderwood
El Paso, TX
915-937-6018
pthomp@sisd.net<mailto:pthomp@sisd.net>

visit my YA novel blog at http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/


"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog is too dark to 
read." --Groucho Marx

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