Book+reviews

by Airton P.**
 * //Bunnicula// by James Howe

//Bunnicula// is a really good and funny book by Deborah and James Howe. This would be a good book for people who like funny books and to children’s too. I went to a public library with my literacy teacher and the school’s librarian. The school’s librarian showed me the book //Bunnicula//. It looked like a good book so I took it. In the beginning the Monroe family found a bunny in the movies who they named Bunnicula. The main character in the book is Harold a dog and Chester a cat. The families Monroe are some characters in the book. In the middle Harold and Chester find out that Bunnicula is a real vampire. In the end Chester tries to stop Bunnicula. //Bunnicula// is a funny story because it’s about a rabbit who is a vampire. Bunnicula is a rabbit at day but at night he turns into a vampire. Bunnicula is always escaping at night from his cage. Chester tries funny stuff that makes you want to laugh. //Bunnicula// is a story for children’s because the main characters are animals. This book would entertain children’s a lot. It would make them laugh and they would want to know what would happen next in the book. This book is also fictional and entertaining. //Bunnicula// is a book that teaches about vampires in a funny and fictional way. If you want to learn about vampires and be entertain, you should get this book. This book tells how Bunnicula looks like a vampire. You can know how a vampire looks. You can also look at the pictures in the book. In this book I learned stuff about vampires. I also learned that books aren’t all boring some could be funny like //Bunnicula.// I would recommend this book to children’s and people who like funny books. //Bunnicula// is an awesome book and funny too. People would love this book if they read it.

by Mohammed J.** In the book //Bunnicula// by James Howe, the rabbit is a vampire. He looks pretty terrifying and evil, but he is really nice to everyone. He doesn’t even play tricks on anyone. There’s a dog named Harold and a cat named Chester who tries to stop Bunnicula from taking over the world. It’s because Bunnicula was a vampire and they kill people. First, a family finds a rabbit in the theater where they watched a movie and brings it home. Harold and Chester thought it was weird. They named the rabbit Bunnicula. The movie the family watched was Dracula, so they named the rabbit Bunnicula. Bunnicula had red glowing eyes and two sharp fangs. Second, Harold and Chester sees that Bunnicula was missing from his cage. A vampire could do that. They went to the kitchen and found a tomato with two holes in them and it was ghostly white. In the morning, the family saw the white tomato and they cut it in half. It was all dried and not wet. Third, Harold and Chester gets used to Bunnicula. That’s because they know that Bunnicula doesn’t suck human’s blood, but drinks the juice from the vegetables. They didn’t have to worry anymore. Now they could go to sleep without worrying about anybody. I liked this book //Bunnicula.// I would like to recommend this book to people who like to read vampire books or interested in vampires. One reason is that Harold and Chester thought Bunnicula was going to take over the world by sucking people’s blood out when he really sucks out the juice from the vegetables.
 * //Bunnicula// by James Howe

by Daniel L.**
 * Camp Creepy Time by Gina Gershon and Dann Gershon

//Camp Creepy Time// is a funny and fun packed book that keeps you coming back for more. I found this book when my teacher was asking if anyone wanted to read it. So I took it and ever since I got hooked onto this book. //Camp Creepy Time// is not about vampires or werewolves but instead about a boys camp journey.

Einstein is forced into camp and realizes that is nurse is using kids as lab rats and turns them into wolfs and mummies. Einstein soon starts to think he is seeing a ghost names Greeley. In panic Einstein runs along with his friend Roxie to the middle of the dessert. Einstein and Roxie together have to find out the government plot and stop them before they use campers as zoo animals.

Einstein is a sarcastic and is also a seventh grade genius that can make home made marble shooters. He also makes you realize what he is going through and keeps wanting to know more about his life.

The food in the camp is made from wasp wings and earth worms. This makes me think that the camp is crazy and starves there campers. This is important because it shows that the campers hate the food and wants to leave.

//Camp Creepy Time// keeps you reading because the book has a lot of suspense and leaves you with some of the main parts but not all of it. This makes me think that the book has lots of conflict and a lot of suspense. This is important because it shows that the authors wanted to leave you on the edge and make you come back for more.

I recommend this book for kids who like gadgets, survival and camp but not for people who like vampires because it doesn’t talk much about vampires and werewolves. This book is more about the life of a teenage camper. //Camp Creepy Time// is a sarcastic and funny book that keeps you coming back for more.

by Brandon L.** The Cirque du Freak series is something I found in sixth-grade. I only began reading it one year later, in seventh-grade. When I started reading the first book, it was so great that I finished it in under a day! The beginning may be boring at first, but the fun begins later on… In the first book, Darren Shan and his friend Steve get into a freak show. Darren likes the performing spider so much that he steals it! But the past owner, Mr. Crepsley, isn’t human.When there is an accident with the spider, Darren goes to Mr. Crepsley for a cure. The price will change Darren’s life forever. The series is generally very interesting and adventurous, with a lot of action. Unfortunately, in most of the first book, there are no vampire battles. But it was a great start and had an introduction unlike most other books. Even without much vampire action, it still was a great read. At the end of the book, the fun begins. Darren gets ready and enters the world of the vampires. Darren faces many obstacles as he gets ready for a new life. This is when most of the action starts, and is continued in the next book. Overall, the story was good, but there just wasn’t much action throughout the book. There are, however, a lot of things going on that will leave you hungry for more. After reading that first book, you will have to read more, for the book will lead to a world of vampires. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an amazing read. When I’ve finished the book, I learned to appreciate my friends and family more. The books have a way of hooking you in, and then bringing you to the next. Everyone can enjoy this series.
 * Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan

by Jamin C.** I first read this book when my friend lends it to me. //The Living Nightmare// is the first book of the Cirque Du Freak series. When I found out that this book was about a circus I thought it would be a children’s book that were about a boy who was probably scared of clowns. But //The Living Nightmare// by Darren Shan is about a story with a regular book begging, but it ends with a scary ending. This book is about a circus, but a circus for freaks! This book is overflowing with horror and suspense. This book is about a twelve year old boy who wins a ticket, which aloud him to go to the Cirque du Freak, with his best friend Steve Leonard. But later Steve wants to turn into a vampire, by the aid of a circus vampire, Mr. Crepsley. Darren steals the vampires spider, Madam Octa. She bites Steve and he gets paralyzed. in order to save his friend, Darren has to leave his human-hood behind and become a creature of the night. One reason this book has a lot of suspense is because a lot of people has arguments. This makes the reader worry about a characters mind. This is important because, some characters are really close and it hurts to see them fight. It really makes your mind care about what the characters going to do because what happened. Another reason why this book is full of horror is because characters don’t believe in each other. This shows that there isn’t much trust going on between the characters. Such as when Steve thinks he was betrayed by his friend Darren, when Darren decided to become a vampire to save Steve. These kinds of stories make you feel bad about the victims. One last reason that this book has suspense is because they always leave a thought or a question at the end of a chapter. This is smart because the author is making the readers minds fill with their own questions about what will happen next. This is interesting because it somehow leads the readers to keep reading. Inconclusion, I’d like to recommend this book to anyone who like horror books. Also for people that like to keep guessing about what will happen next. I’ve learned that you cant just judge a book by its first few sentences. Darren Shan, the author of the Cirque Du Freak series, shows that a book that starts with a lame begging, doesn’t always end that way.
 * Cirque du Freak: The Living Nightmare by Darren Shan

by Andre A.**
 * Demonata: Death's Shadow by Darren Shan

I have read a lot of Darren Shan books and when I first picked up a Demonata book, I really had my doubts on how good I thought it was going to be. But once I opened the book I fell in love with it. I think that //Death's Shadow// by Darren Shan is a good book for anyone that likes action and scares. In the beginning of the book what happens is that Bec, one of the main characters starts to get used to the new world. After she died she took over another body and after 1600 years dead, she has to get used to everything new to her. Towards the middle what happens is that Dervish and Bec gets attacked by werewolfs. Then they go to the hospital and fight Juni Swan. Around the end Beranabus and everyone start to track down the new threat to the human race, and have problems doing so with Lord Loss in their way.

They are many fights against the Demonata in the books. Bec, Grubbs, Beranabus and Kernel had fought a lot in all 7 books. This is important because it shows that there is a lot of action in their lives. For example in //Death's Shadow,// Bec had to use wine bottles to kill werewolves!!! In other words there is a lot of action in the Demonata books and anyone that likes action will really like it.

Many people kill in this book. This is to say that a lot of action goes on in the books. A lot of people die, for example towards the end Beranabus gets killed by a demon. I would recommend this book to a person that likes and enjoys action.

I'm not going to lie, sometimes when im reading demonata, I will get scared. This is important because it shows that demonata can be very scary. For example when the shadow appered, the deatails really made a image in my mind, and it was really scary. So in conclusion, the Demonata can sometimes have a lot of action, scary, and frighting parts. So I would recommend it to anyone that like action adventure and to be scared. In general, these books are really good.

**Rosario + Vampire by Ikeda Akihisa by Danny F.**

When I first found this graphic novel called //Rosario + Vampire// by Ikeda Akihisa, I thought it was going to be boring. Then I started to read it, I realized this book was great. I was so excited that I wanted to see what happens next. //Rosario + Vampire// is a great book filled with action, romance, and comedy.

Tsukune (the main character) is on the bus going to a new school. When Tsukune got off of the bus, Tsukune met a girl with pink hair named Moka. They were in the same class together and Tsukune & Moka became friends. When class was over, Moka told Tsukune that she is a vampire. Then suddenly a student came and was going to eat Tsukune.

Moka wants to have a relationship with Tsukune because he has a great smell of blood. When Tsukune first met Moka, he very liked her. When Moka met Tsukune, she wanted his blood. This makes me think that Tsukune and Moka are perfect for each other. Later on the story more girls wants to have a relationship for different reasons.

Moka fights a student in the school to protect Tsukune from being eaten. This is important because it shows that Moka turns into something else to protect Tsukune. The suprising thing about this is that when students fights Moka they became friends with Tsukune sometimes. Later on the story more girls will try to protect Tsukune since they all love him for different reasons.

Moka & Tsukune will have funny scenes when it gets romantic. For examplewhen it gets romantic, Moka will bite into Tsukune’s neck. This make me think that they will get nervous when its gets romantic they something wrong. One thing I realized is that this happens very often.

//Rosario + Vampire// is an awesome book filled with unique features such as action, romance, and comedy. After reading it, I realized that you should give a book a try even if you think it’s boring. I would recommend this book to anyone if they like action, romance, and/or comedy. I would recommend this book to teens.

**//Suck It Up// by Brain Meehl** **By Edson A.** When I first saw the book //Suck It Up// by Brain Meehl, I knew it was going to be a boring book about vampires. Like come on the cover has a smiley face with fangs drinking blood from a straw. So didn’t read it at fist but when I started I couldn’t stop. I But after I finish reading I thought //Suck It Up// by Brain Meehl, is a funny, dramatic book but it might not be good for horror fans.

Morning McCobb, the main character is a vampire in the IVLeague. Birnam, president of the IVLeague sent morning to find an agent and reveal the vampires. Morning did that and showed he was a vampire using cell division (to transform into any animal). But he soon falls in love with his agent’s daughter Portia. Then the Loners (vampires who still drink human blood) want to kill Morning for telling the humans that vampires exist. This book is dramatic because Morning fall in love with Portia and he might not be able to control his bloodlust. Portia knows it is dangerous but she still loves Morning. Even once Morning had a Dentis Eruptis 20 fold. Dentis Eruptis is when a vampire’s fangs come out but 20 fold is when all fangs come out and make you crave blood. And Morning is worried if he can resist the Dentis Eruptis and attacking her. Morning is a funny, sarcastic vampire that doesn’t take anything seriously. He always jokes around with Portia. Sometimes he gets really serious when his friends are in danger. Like when a crowd of people almost crushed Penny and Portia he turned in a pigeon using cell division and the crowd chased after him. This book isn’t that great for people who like horror books. It isn’t a great for them because the vampires only drink artificial blood or animal blood. The only time they show a vampire bite someone is at the end. Also the action is at the end, too. But when they show it, it’s suspenseful and breathtaking. I learned that when you are trying to look or search for a book to “not judge a book by its cover”. I recommend this book to any person who likes funny and dramatic books. So //Suck It Up// by Brain Meehl, is a awesome funny, dramatic book but it is’nt good with being scary or not much action.

by Christian R.**
 * Vampirates by Justin Somper

//Vampirates// by Justin Somper is a emotional book with a beat of action to it. I recommend this book to a person who likes a vampires and pirates. One thing that stuck to my mind is that there is a song about vampires and pirates, vampirates.

//Vampirates// starts out with two twins named Connor and Grace and their dad the light house keeper. In the middle Connor and Grace aren't really close to each other. In the end Connor and Grace try so hard to be close one last time.

Connor and Grace two twins live with their dad the light house keeper. Connor and Grace's dad the light house keeper would always sing Connor and Grace a song about the terrible vampirates. This is to say that Connor and Grace would always ask their dad to sing them a song and it would always be the same song.

Connor and Grace get separated by a terrible mishap that will scar them for life. On Connor and Grace's journey threw life a pump on the road of they're journey. But after that little pump on the road they go on a little trip. After that trip they will scared for the rest of their life.

Connor and Grace will never be the same Connor and Grace that their dad knew them by. On Connor and Grace's trip they turn into people they never thought they would become. For Connor the change isn't that bad but for Grace she gets turned into a person she never thought existed.

But after I read //Vampirates// I learned that going on a trip can change you for life. Also you may never forget how you became that person in the first place, All the terrible things that you could of went threw to become that person. So like //Vampirates// by Justin Somper is a very emotional book with a beat of action to it. But this book isn't for a person who likes action books alot.

**//Vampire Knight// by Matsuri Hino** **by Luis C.** If you seen the movie //Twilight// and then read the book //Vampire Knight//, they are both kind of the same. The vampires were able to control themselves from killing humans. There were nice and friendly vampires and had a friend. Another thing is that the movie //Twilight// and the book are both like afraid of the sunlight. The vampires were able to control themselves from sucking human blood by using blood tablets. In the book //Vampire Knight,// the vampires are like happy for being vampires. The vampires can control themselves by not smelling blood. There is one that controls him self even if he smells blood. I say that vampires are good and bad. There are nice vampires because in the Kaname the vampire saved Yuki from being turned to a vampire by a vampire. Kaname protects Yuki. Yuki is really happy and feels that Kaname is her hero. I say that the movie Twilight and the book are both afraid of sunlight. On the movie //Twilight// the vampires glow in sun. In the book the vampires are just afraid of the sun. I wonder what would happen if the vampires in the book if they step out to the sun. I say that a half blooded vampire could step out side to the sun. I like the book and I would like to recommend this book to some one that likes vampire stories. And also, I think for people that like to read graphic novels. Remember some vampires control themselves from drinking human blood. **//Vampire Knight// by Matsuri Hino** **by Ulyssess R.** When I first picked up this book //Vampire Knight// by Mastsuri Hino, it thought it was a girlish book because of its front. They showed two guys then a girl with roes around her. When I got through like ten pages of it, I was sucked in it. //Vampire Knight// I belived it was a good book if you like fangs blood or girls drulling over vampire guys. But the girls don’t know that they were vampires. In the beginning this girl named Yuki Cross. Yuki was almost going to get the blood gusted out of her by a vampire. Then this good vampire came and cut the bad vampires head off. Then ten years later she ends up going to school with the guy that saved her life. But theres one little problem he is in the knight class and she is in the day class. The night class is for vampires and the day class is for the humans.

The most important thing in the book is vampires and the humans there is this academy that is no an ordinary academy. Yes there are humans in it but there are vampires in it to. Its like I told you before there is a night class and a day class to sometimes the vampires and the humans interact with each other and that is why the academy has these two guardians. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu. They protect the day class people from getting the blood suck out of them.

When you read the book, you can see that there is blood in the beginning and in the middle. In the beginning when the vampire was going to suck the blood out of Yuki this other vampire comes and cuts the other vampires head off. The guy who saved her was Kaname a good vampire. He licks the blood off his hand and says are you ok. In the middle when Yuki finds out that her best friend Zero has turned into a vampire because of what happened four years ago (a vampire bit him.) Then Zero bites her then the blood goes flying every were but he doesn’t kill her.

When you past a couple of pages you see the night class smile then you can see there fangs. There is a part in the in the book when Yuki went to go stop some of the day class kids from going to the night class. So she jumps and hits a tree and her hand started to bleed then some night class kids came and one of them goes up to Yuki and noticed the cut and his fangs come out and he bites into the wond.

This book is really awesome and good. I recommend because it is a blood guesing book and have cool blood scences too. I would recommend it to people who likes scary stuff and who really likes vampires.

**//The Vampire’s Promise: Deadly Offer// by Caroline B. Cooney** **by Vivian B.** //The Vampire’s Promise, Deadly Offer// is a good book that is for p  eople who love vampire books. When I was in the library I pick up this b  ook and read the blurb, I was amazed on how good it was. In the beginning Althea wanted to be popular so bad that she would do a  nything to get it, even if it means hurting her best friend. In the middle  Althea will have to pay back an evil enemy witch starts so bad trouble   This book is full of supence that makes you want to read more to find   out wants next in the book. Another thing that’s good about the book is that it has a lot of twist and turns that makes it interesting and fun to see where Althea ends up  next. The last thing is that it has issues that makes you want to dig into  it and read more. If you love vampire books well then //The Vampire’s Promise// is good  for you. This book grabs my attention it could grab yours.