Monday, September 14, 2009

Dear Vampa - Ross Collins

Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins, 2009
For: Middle grades
Rating: 4.5
Endpapers: Bright Coral

The story is actually a letter than Bram, a young vampire from Pennsylvania, writes to his grandfather in Transylvania caomplaining about the new next-door nieghbors who love the sunshine, stay up all day long - and shoot them (in their bat-form) out of the sky in the evening!

With very little text and great accompanying illustrations -bright blue/yellow vs. black/red denoting the two families. who live side-by-side, this cute and clever story steers us right toward the end for a delicious twist.

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