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As a teenage vampire, Vlad has spent the last four years trying to handle the pressures of school while sidestepping a slayer out for his blood. Now he’s a senior, and in this final, action-packed book in the series, Vlad must confront the secrets of the past, unravel the mystery of who he... read more

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Vlad meets someone he never expected to see again the rest of his life. He goes through troubles and hardships. All leading up to one event that will make or break the Pravus, lose a dear family member and change the one person Vlad set out to protect. All of this while he has the threat of... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Vlad meets someone he never expected to see again the rest of his life. He goes through troubles and hardships. All leading up to one event that will make or break the Pravus, lose a dear family member and change the one person Vlad set out to protect. All of this while he has the threat of death from the Council over his head.

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  • Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn’t sparkle.
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  • forgiveness is crucial. If you can’t forgive someone you’re mad at, that anger will poison you. You have to learn to let it go.”
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  • A label doesn’t make something so. A label is just a word. It’s what a person does that makes them who they are.
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  • As he did so, he replied, “I’m the Pravus. And don’t you forget it.”
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  • “Sometimes, I do incredibly stupid things. Like challenging Henry to a Mountain Dew chug-off.
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  • Whose idea was it that forcing people to wear giant muumuus and cardboard squares on their heads and then parade in front of people was the way to celebrate surviving thirteen years of school anyway?
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  • Vlad shook his head, sighing. “All right then, cupcake. You better bring it.”
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  • “They can’t find Vladimir Tod if Egbert Hargrove is sleeping in his bed.”
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  • Henry held up his taco–formerly Vlad’s–and grinned. “Little-known fact, gentlemen. Tacos are the food of genius.”
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  • Vlad flipped over, then focused on his body, willing it upward, until he came to land on the side of the building–feet flat against the wall, body parallel to the ground–perfectly perched on the bricks there, held in place by his newfound mastery of his hovering abilities. It. Was. COOL.
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First Sentence edit see section history

"Dad?" The word trembled, perhaps even more than Vlad's lips were trembling as he spoke it aloud.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue: A Brief Detour
1. An Unexpected Reunion
2. Bitter Tastes
3. Under Suspicion
4. A Taste of Insanity
5. The Long Search
6. Unexpected Company
7. Everything
8. A Celebration Interrupted
9. Brothers in Arms
10. A Friend in Need
11. Family
12. Unexpected Words
13. School Sucks
14. Eating with Eddie-or-Vlad's Worst Nightmare
15. Kristoff's Revenge
16. Strength
17. The Hunger
18. Echos From the Past
19. The Truth Hurts
20. Life's LIttle Surprises
21. A Slayer's Determination
22. Breaking and Entering
23. Halloween
24. Shutting up
25. The End of All Secrets
26. Going Home
27. Invitations
28. Thanksgiving
29. A Question of Honesty
30. Confronting Otis
31. To Trust or Not to Trust
32.The Food of Genius
33. Unhappy New Year
34. The Beginning of the End
35. The Cleansing
36. Coming out of the Coffin
37. Time Heals all Wounds
38. Fallen Snow
39 Come the Pravus
40. The Truth
41. Honor Thy Father
42. Saying Goodbye
43. Flowers for Nelly
44. The Retrial
45. Graduation

Glossary edit see section history

  • Pravus: Half-human/ half-vampire born not created by a vampire father and human mother. Known to inslave mankind and rule over all of the world out of charitie.
  • Elysia: vampires home all around the world, but secret to humans. Hidden world of vampire race. It is everywhere and nowhere.
  • Drudge: Human slave to a Vampire.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Fantasy: It has to do with Vampires which aren't real.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 5 of 5 in The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. (standard series)

Preceded by Eleventh Grade Burns.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Heather Brewer (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 21, 2010
ISBN: 978-0525422242
Page Count: 224

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Eighth Grade Bites
  • Ninth Grade Slays
  • Tenth Grade Bleeds
  • Eleventh Grade Burns

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