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Vampire Rising
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Alex Van Helsing: Book 1

Vampire Rising (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Jason Henderson (Author) (edit contributors)

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Trouble seems to follow Alex Van Helsing wherever he goes. First, the 14-year-old got kicked out of school for fighting. Then, after being transferred to Switzerland’s Glenarvon Academy, he slays what appears to be a vampire in the surrounding woods. And he swears none of it has anything to do... read more

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  • “In 1816, just across this very lake, in a charming villa rented by the famous poet Lord Byron, a small party decided to pass the time telling ghost stories--or so reports Mary Shelley.”
    Mr. Sangster
  • “But out of Byron's challenge, a seed grew--and that seed would germinate in the wild imagination of nineteen-year-old Mary into one of the most resilient books in the history of the language. This one. Frankenstein.”
    Mr. Sangster
  • “By 1831, when Mary Shelly wrote her revised Frankenstein, everyone remembered Polidori as an idiot--Mary included. She even changed her description of what he was writing about-nowhere does she use the word vampire; instead she makes up a story about a skull-headed lady.”
    Mr. Sangster
  • “But Polidori made friends. Among other people, in the late 1830s he met the young Abraham Van Helsing, who was a real person, despite what you've heard. Bram Stoker met him when Van Helsing was an old man and wrote his book Dracula based on Van Helsing's story.”
    Mr. Sangster
  • “Vampirism attracts people who want to become something greater than themselves.”
    Mr. Sangster
  • “It was clear to everyone that Polidori was writing about Byron. Byron was cruel, man. That girl Claire, Mary Shelley's half sister? She was obsessed with Byron and followed him everywhere, but when they had a child, Byron insisted on taking it and not letting Claire anywhere near it. Then he got tired of raising the baby and stuck her in a convent, where she died before she was six. He was a narcissist and a sadist. This guy was so bad, some people believe Polidori's vampire metaphor wadn't a metaphor at all.”
    Sid

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Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Polidorium: secret organization founded by Dr. John Polidori in 1821 to hunt vampires.
  • Van Helsing Foundation: charitable organization run by Alex's father, Charles Van Helsing. Made up of scholars and doctors, they make malaria vaccines and run clinics in third-world countries.

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Alex Van Helsing ran.

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This is book 1 of 2 in Alex Van Helsing. (standard series)

Followed by Voice of the Undead.

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  1. Jason Henderson (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperTeen
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
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