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Eighth Grade Bites (Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Book 1) | 
| Author: Heather Brewer
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Category: Book
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 190617
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 182
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0525478116
EAN: 9780525478119
ASIN: 0525478116
Publication Date: August 16, 2007
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Product Description
Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. When a substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. But then he faces a much bigger problem: hes being hunted by a vampire killer.
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 Eighth Grade Bites November 16, 2008
Hutting
Great book. I look forward to reading the next book in the series. My eigth grade students also liked the book and want to keep reading the series.
Eighth grade Bites October 30, 2008
James E. Bycznski
As a 6th grade teacher, my students got me interested in the series. They love it, even the reluctant readers! I loved it. We're all scrambling to get copies of Ninth Grade Slays. It's a must read!
 Good start to new series October 1, 2008
Bookluver-Carol (Fort Worth,TX USA)
Vladimir Tod's is a vampire-or at least sort of; he's not quite sure. His father was a vampire, but his mother was human, and they died three years ago in a mysterious accident. Now Vlad has only his friend Henry and his "Aunt" Nelly, his mother's best friend who is raising him, to confide in. He has a hunger for blood, although he's been trained since babyhood to be "normal" and not to act on it. He gets by because Nelly, who's a nurse, brings home bags of blood from the hospital where she works, and he hides one or two in his backpack for when he gets hungry. But Vlad realizes that his father had a history he didn't know about when his English teacher vanishes mysteriously, to be replaced by a tall, thin substitute teacher in a purple top hat who seems to know a little too much about him.
Eight Grade Bites was a wonderful vampire book with a twist. Vlad not only had to deal with his vampireness (is that a word?) but also teenage angst. The book was funny, suspenseful, and had some adventure. It was a good start to the series. The plot was well-done and really kept you reading. The book does start kind of slow but it picks up. It was a quick light read and it did feel a bit rushed. Eight Grade Bites was a good start to the series. Vlad was engaging and you felt what he felt. The book was exciting. I know some have said that it was a horror book-but it really wasn't. Overall this was a good vampire book. It was a bit different from the other vampire books out there.I would recommend this book to vampire book lovers.
-Carol
www.bookluver-carol.blogspot.com
Another Converted June 24, 2008
AS King (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the first vampire book I've ever read and I didn't know how I'd feel about it at first. But consider me converted - this was FUN. Because all I had coming into this were old-school ideas of vampires, Heather Brewer showed me how wrong I was to think vampires don't have feelings! I got totally into the realities of Vlad's everyday life - the bullies, the blood bags, etc. Oh - and it's really funny, too, which I loved! I already bought Ninth Grade Slays & can't wait to read it.
Also - I gave this book to my two teen (11 & 12) nephews and both of them really loved it - which is a miracle, because getting them to read ANYTHING is difficult. So - if you know a reluctant reader, this might be the perfect book for them.
Quick Vampire Book with a Twist June 19, 2008
S. L. Davis (Watson, LA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book in a day and am ordering the sequel: Ninth Grade Slays first thing Monday morning! Vladimir Tod is not your typical vampire...he's half human. His father was a vampire and his mother was human (they were murdered)...and it wasn't supposed to be possible but here he is.
Vlad lives off of expired donor blood his caretaker gets from the hospital at which she works and the only person he's ever bitten was his best friend Henry when he was eight. Oh, and he's REALLY allergic to garlic!
It was so interesting reading about what it would be like being half human, half vampire. It's a great combination of vampire lore, humor, mystery, and general teenage drama.
Although Vlad does have a crush, this book doesn't have the heavy romance of the Stephanie Meyer series. Brewer focuses more on Vlad as a person and what he's going through being a half vampire without REALLY knowing what he's capable of or his heritage. I love the way that Brewer explores new ideas about vampires and doesn't only stick to previous stereotypes. I definitely recommend it for vampirophiles.
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