What People Are Saying About 'Eighth Grade Bites'
"A spooky mystery that's funny, gruesome, heartwarming, spellbinding,
sad, joyous, surprising and topped off with a tasty blend of blood and
chocolate. Yum. What more could you ask for?" ~D.J. MacHale,
New York Times-bestselling author of PENDRAGON: JOURNAL OF AN ADVENTURE
THROUGH TIME AND SPACE
"'Eighth grade Bites' had me on the edge of my seat. It's a
great piece of fiction. It drops you right into the action, grabs
you by the throat (pun intended), and won't let go. Vladimir Tod
is a truly sympathetic character cursed with an existence not of
his own doing, but doing his best to do the right thing. It's part
'Goosebumps' mixed with 'Harry Potter' and a dash – no, a heaping
tablespoon – of Stephen King. If you're in eighth grade, or
a vampire, or an eighth grade vampire, 'Eighth Grade Bites' is a
definite must read!"~Butch Hartman, creator of Nickelodeon's
THE FAIRLY ODD PARENTS and DANNY PHANTOM
"Eighth Grade Bites is a terrific vampire tale told with a
sharp, middle-school grin. It definitely does not bite!" ~Christopher
Moore, author of BLOODSUCKING FIENDS and A DIRTY JOB
"Eighth Grade Bites is a delightful novel filled with dark,
biting humor that will appeal to everyone who ever felt they were
different. A deft hand at depicting the angst of teen years, Heather
Brewer does a wonderful job blending vampire legend with the modern
day horror that strikes fear in the heart of so many: the eighth
grade."~Katie MacAlister, New York Times-bestselling author
of EVEN VAMPIRES GET THE BLUES
"Heather Brewer has invented the most endearing of vampires
in Vlad, an eighth grader juggling the woes of adolescence with the
decidedly unique difficulties of being a vampire. She perfectly captures
the humor and angst of eighth grade, mixed with a nail-biting adventure.
Utterly charming and irresistible!" ~Liza Conrad, author of
HIGH SCHOOL BITES: THE LUCY CHRONICLES
"This book will fool you. Just when you think you've identified
it as a story lit by the cheery glow of a slightly scary jack-o-lantern,
it becomes something else -- a tale told by the flickering light
of a dying campfire late at night. And the shadows are very dark
indeed. A surprising mix of humor and horror." ~Douglas
Rees, author of VAMPIRE HIGH
"Fresh and fast-paced, with just the right brew of chills and
laughs. I’m looking forward to finding out what happens when
Vlad hits Grade Nine." ~Nancy Baker, author of KISS OF THE
VAMPIRE
"A fabulous book from a gifted storyteller! I never wanted
it to end." ~Gena Showalter, author of OH MY GOTH |
91 Comments:
OOOOOOH!!!! cant wait til halloween. im a vampire. i need2get my fangs. what are u being auntie heather???????
Luv AVL
you promise? you really promise??? i hate people that don't keep their promises. you really REALLY promise???
Jiggety-Jig
Welcome back from Le Great Plains or something like that...um...
OOh, shiny new news? Coolness.
I really, really, sincerely promise! As for what I'm going as this year...probably a wench (any reason to wear a corset in public, y'know?)
Hahaha, My friend's mom was a wench last year, she even carried around a beer glass the whole time. XD I'm undecided on what to be, maybe a witch or...Wednesday. anyway, the Poltergeist is coming on abc on Halloween. Not gonna miss that. ;)
Hmm, don't know what conclusion to make out of that... O.o while other kids are dressing up as homicidal clowns, their arch nemisises (nemisi?) or vampires, I'm going to be a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I WAS going to be the Batman Scarecrow but Goodwill didn't have any decent masks.
That stinks that they didn't have any good maks. Oh well.
Speaking of good halloween costumes, my mom was road kill once...she took all of my old toys and pinned it on her with chalk strips to represent a road...that was unforgetable...
I;m just going to be a vampire since the r the best!
Jess
i was a hogwarts student once! the only thing i hate about that is the crappy plastic glasses people wear if they are trying to be harry potter. that just ruins it. my parents don't normally dress up for halloween(thank god):P
-amanda^^
*ahem* It is very cool for adults to dress up for Halloween, Amanda ;)
hehe i love to dress up! my friends parents are going to be Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas this year, and I thought that was cool. :)= Can't wait for the new news!
hey auntie u shud totally stop by franklin pa near oil city n butler somtime i wud love for u to come to franklin high school
im gonna be in georgia for my brother's army training graduation on halloween. So im not dressing up:(
we MIGHT go to a neighborhood with houses and ill be in my soccer uniform if we do.
Why am i posting this?
Secret news? Exciting! I can't wait!
Yeah... talk of Halloween costumes has drawn me out of the corner I've been lurking in since forever, lol. No one else is going as a Zombie? Zombies are awesome! I guess I'll have to search elsewhere for my zombie army, hahaha. I also have to find my army of trick-or-treaters somewhere, since I think the majority of my friends are going to Halloween parties... but there always seems to be more candy and random funny stuff happening involved in trick-or-treating than parties. ... sorry, I ramble a lot!
i have a shirt that says wench!!! it's one of my favorite shirts. it's good to know that you sincerely promise, auntie. ~sniffle~ i love you so much!!
I agree Zombie, going out trick-or-treating is too fun to miss. My friends are probably not goign anywhere...well...some might go to the football game but i certainly won't be :P
Where did you get a shirt that says wench on it alexis?
Jess
Trick or treating, I have only gone about five times in my life. So I love going.
But hey, lack of social life after the month of September+My parents used to think all things halloween were from satan= me not going trick or treating very much.
Isn't it nice that we're all rambling XD
Well zombie i was going to be a zombie also! Sounds like you guys are going to have fun, but down here in MN it started to snow today so not to many people are going to be out this year.(too bad i really wanted to scare someone)
:(=
I hope you got my contest entry! (well I hope Paul got it anyways..)
I have no idea what I'm going to dress up as...I think I'm just going to ware my cape and whatever else I like and go as myself =D!
Aw, that sux...wait, it snowed already?! It was freakishly warm the other day!
srry abotu not beign able to trick-or-treat a lto through-out ur life. But there is still time, even if ur parents think halloween is a satanic holdiday ;)=
Jess
some bloody news??? sounds like fun.
speaking of costumes, i might be a cute witch or a goth fairy. or maybe L from deathnote.
That's awesome Minion 38-14! Zombie's need more love. They're such er.... cute... flesh-eating... okay not that cute, but still! xD And I'm jealous you have snow, but the lack of many trick-or-treaters does kinda suck.
Aaand building off of k8's comment here, I hope my contest entry got through as well! Good luck to anyone who entered! :D
Crazyrocker, L would definitely be an awesome costume! The others would be great too of course :)
Aah rambling is fun, lol.
Ooooooooo Auntie u repied! im so, so happy:)= Oo0o0o0o0o0 wats deathnote????!???!???! and any exus 2wear a corset in public is a good1!!!!
Luv AVL P.S and rj my parents yousta do that 2. but since we dont pu satan's every whir and stuff we can do HALLOWEEN!!! so i know how ya feel.
Well it was just who they hung out with's opinion I think, because now they're fine with it all and stuff (heck, my mom even suggested me being a vampire this year when two years ago she forbade me to)
But thanks you your sympathy anyway, I know, it's so tragic XD
If Halloween is Satanic, then that guy can throw some pretty awsome parties ;)=
jess, i got my wench shirt from medieval times. i love the food there!!! oh, and crazyrocker621, you should totally be L!!! that would be awesome!!!
I luv medieval times!!!!!
Okay, back to the coversation.
I carved otu a pumkin! It didn't turn otu how it should've, but it's still pretty kewl. I tried to make it have fangs...but that didn't work out to well ;D
Jess
O0o0o0o0o0 ur welcome rj! how old is everyone on here ?!?!?!?!?! please post ur age !
I'm 12 Jiggety - jig
YEYA!
luv AVl
I'm over a decade and under a century, that's all I'm saying.
You're welcome avl_vlad_lover!.
14 in december!!!
I turned 14 in September :D
awesome!!! we're like...almost the same age!!! XD
omg!!! i hate to interrupt the whole age thing, but zombie i saw your deviantart account!!! i love your pics!!! my friend just opened a deviantart account. she doesn't have many pics up, but i think she's awesome at drawing. if i could draw well, i would totally make my own. by alas, i can't draw well. woe is me... D':
Aw, thanks, I'm glad you like 'em :) What's your friend's deviantart name? I'd love to check out her stuff :) And you should open one anyway! You can get lots of good critique from people there, and you'll improve a ton! (And yay for being close in age! ^_^)
Mann am i like the youngest here ???? *sniffles* i feel so alone:(= lol.
so whats deviantart ? is it like a place were u post ur art ?
I never really like telling ppl on line my age cuz then id b like the little kid ;D
luv AVL. p.s HALLOWEEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And well, first your age, then your state, then your school....
'Bout Deviantart, I go there all the time to browse, it's really cool. I don't have a camera or drawing skills though, so I don't plan on getting an account.
So Zombie, what IS your screename? I'd love to see your art.
Deviantart really is awesome. You can also post literature, for all those writers out there :) My screename there is Zawmby (haha, the weirdest variation of 'Zombie' ever) :) Just click on 'zombie' above my comment, it should take you there. I don't think my art is that good though, lol.
AVL you are not youngest! i am also 12(almost13!) 3 months!
I love deviant art! I want one, but i would only post some of my art. I have an amazing picture of Sheik from the Ledgend of Zelda, but some others are really crappy. I always browse SilentReaper's art! she make death note comics! CrazyRocker, L is the best! My friend is going as L, and my other friend has an L shirt from hot topic!
-AMANDA^^
PS. Auntie, It is cool for adults like YOU to dress up, not your parents. :P
I'm turning 14 this saturday! Nov.1, right after halloween!
yeah, anywayz i luv deviantart! have my own accoutn too! but not a lot of peopel see it...or make comments.
I'll go see urs, Zombie! i bet it's better then mine ;P
Jess
Awesome, the day after Halloween! That's an awesome time for a birthday :D And I'd love to see your art, Jess! What's your screename?
Cool, I'll go look at your art after posting this. I really don't have a legitimate reason to get a deviantart account. I already DO have an account at fanfiction.net, though I've written all of ONE story for super smash bros... And
I don't get much writing done very quickly...you know what? typing with one hand is hard. >_< anyway, so yeah... DeviantART is not going on my list of places to have an account at as of now.
My screenname is kittycat12 cause i couldn't think of anythign better at the moment...now i wish i coudl change it lol.
Btw, ur art rox Zombie!
how come u only type with one hand rj?
Jess
Oh, you're the one who commented! You're art's really cute, Jess! And I read some of your story; I like it :)
Haha, we've got similar typing styles, RJ. You type with one hand, and I type with my two pointer fingers (though I actually manage to type pretty fast that way...) I even had a keyboarding class in 6th grade- it changed nothing, lol.
I was on the phone. That's why. I DO type weird, but in that 'you don't have this finger on this key at all times' kind of way, it's probably because I play the piano and jump around on that kind of keyboard that I do on this one... um...
Cool art, Zombie, though most of it did not make sense to me, Original works and friend's creations that you draw, I assume?
Aah, now I understand the one-handed thing. Yeah, it is pretty hard to talk on the phone and type (which is why I'm glad for speaker phone when I'm not having a really private conversation. Hands-free awesomeness.)
Thanks :) Yeah, my gallery is completely made up of originals and stuff for friends or people from various other websites at the moment, but I have been wanting to work on some fanart. I need to find time to do that... I also need to stop rambling, haha.
I can even view ur art Zombie! my ma has it blocked ! oh and it snowed @my house yesterday (and is still lightly snowing now) and my hole cemetery is ruined! So u play da piano rj ??? Kooooool. thats koool ur b-day is da day after halloween, my little bro's is on it. he is like so excited bout it:)=
Luv AVL
my friend's screenname thing is Raneia. she's really good at drawing and stuff. don't forget to check it out!!!
omg guess what happened yesterday??? (yesterday=oct. 28)
there was a huge blizzard and a bunch of trees were falling down, and my older sister was driving me home and we got stuck in a ditch. then a garbagetruck guy came and pulled us out!!! then when i got home, there was no power!!! so we lit a bunch of candles and lived like pioneers!!! well, we really didn't live like pioneers, but i like to think of it like we did. it was so much fun!!!
omg!!! silentreaper!!! my friend and i love silentreaper!!!! she's so funny!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha!!!!
Cool that you didn't have power Alexis (hey, I ALWAYS thinks it's COOL to not have power, okay? Sorry if that's a bad thing... >_>)
Yes, well all the phones in my house don't have speakerphone. It's really terrible.
Thank you for finding that cool Avl!_vlad!_lover!.
i love it when the power goes out!!! it so awesome!!!. so, because i was up all night(not really), i didn't have to go to school today!!! (today=oct. 29)
yay me!!!!! ♥
16 since last august, wow finally someone besides me got hit by snow:) and happy b-day Jess
also you guys have some really great pics..... i wish god gave me the skills needed to draw:(=
Man, I wish I was getting snow! I love snow.
Alexis, your friend's art is awesome! And really really cute :)
Power outages are fun :D
i'll tell my friend you like her art!!! and yes, power outages are fun!! minion38-14, it's okay. i don't have drawing skills either. but i'm sure you have some other awesome talent, right??? it's really weird that i got hit with snow cuz i live in nj and we usually don't get snow till late december or something like that.
hey, wouldn't it be cool if we all met at one of auntie heather's appearances??? that would be so awesome!!!
Omg that would b awesome if we all met 2 one of auntie heather's things. hey when ev some one goes u should were like a shirt or hat or bag with ur minion blogger name. so if any1 from here u see then like we know who it is 'ya know? and urwelcome rj. i have a keybord drums and a guitar but i suckith @ all of em. im still learning.
i was @a fundraiser wit my soccer team for a kid and we went 2 a indoor soccer field after we were there 4 a little while the power started 2 flicker and i was like it wouldb awesome if it went out so then i can suck blood and then it went out and i screamed WOO!!! NOW I CAN SUCK PEOPLES BLOOD!!!
Luv AVL
That really would be cool if we all met up :D Maybe someday it'll happen, you never know.
Hah, that's awesome AVL. When I was in 4th grade, there was this girl who I'd always go up to and tell her I was going to suck her blood. It was amusing to watch her scream and run away, haha.
you guys are awesome. that's such a good idea, avl. we could wear our minion bling and a nametag thingy so we know everybody. that would be so cool!!! omg avl!!! if auntie heather went to nyc, we could totally see her and each other cuz you live in ny and i live in nj and my family loves going to nyc!!! that would be awesome!!! *screams from excitement*
I totally agree! Nyc would be a good meeting point for us all.
Thnx for the happy b-days! Srry i haven't replied in a while, lot of work and stuff...i hate homework so much...
Oh, and thnx for checkign my gallery art Zombie!
Jess
haha well i live very far away from ny, but that would be so kool if all of us met! i hate homework too jess, and happy belated b-day! :(= off to do math.
I live pretty far away from NY, but I do get to go up there and visit my sisters quite often! So maybe if Auntie Heather ever does go there, I'll get lucky and it'll be at a time when I can head up there :) That would be really neat!
Seems we all have a lot of homework, me included. *sigh* Back to studying for my history test...
wow. since i didn't go to school today, i don't have homework. but tomorrow i have three tests to take, so it is totally gonna suck.
Let's see, i have abotu three quizes/tests, a report due friday, another report due monday, and a whole project due soon that i haven't starts yet...i'm in trouble
Where do u guys live that's far from NY? Oh, and blackleaper12 thnx, (my b-day is sat btw) :P
Jess
Btw, who thinks we shoudl all have t-shirts that saw Minion on teh front and our names on the back? or soemthign simialr to that?
Jess
the t-shirt thing is an awesome idea!!! it should be our username thing that we use here. even though mine is just my name. ;P
i feel so bad for you, jess. so much homework. you don't deserve that much homework. no one does.
oh haha my bad, sorry jess! the t-shirt idea is cool!!
lol, thnx. I'm srry i've complained so much. Someone otu there has it worse then me ;p
My username's better then my real name honestly, lol. maybe you can switch it up a bit if you like...but who will design such a shirt? Any takers?
Jess
Blergh, evil homework. It would be really weird to meet anyone that you met online (and they weren't some freaky stalker, like they had told true things to you) at someplace... I highly doubt that my self-employed family could haul ourselves alll the way to New York.
Meh, that would totally rule muchly. I would definitely invest in a T-shirt that said "MINION" and "RJ" XD awesome...
Well Batman.
*timidly* I'll design it. Though I don't have any means to bring it into existance.
Awesome idea for the T-Shirt! :D And awesome that you're willing to design it, RJ! I was thinking of offering, but you beat me to it (and I'm probably not the best at designing shirts, anyway.) As for production, maybe try Zazzle.com? Only, then people would have to pay to get one =/ There is the other alternative of getting some fabric paint, making a stencil, and painting it on t-shirts by hand (which is actually pretty fun and turns out really cool looking!)
The problem with Zazzle is that you couldn't petrsonalize it with your name. What about designing the shirt so it has like a name tag on the front, where you can fill in your name with a fabric safe marker?
A thought. I love the shirt idea, btw!
Right on! Those are all great ideas! Now we must bring it to life!
I'm glad that everyoen likes the idea!
Jess
i have a question, would the shirts be better as long slevee or short? I ask cause im searchin the web for any good t-shirt designers that are cheap(but good).
Thnx! im glad yas liked da idea ! like if u cant find a tshirt u could also like try a hat or bag or sumpen ;)= And Thanks Auntie Heather!
Yeh thats funnnnie how u told some girl that u were gonne bit her. of course tho i didnt bit my team mates. i only hit 1 cuz he said sumpen bout my mom.(he likes2annoy me)
Luv AVL
There are loads of local T-shirt designing stores, that have personalization freedom *cough*birthdaypresentformydad*cough* and I think that both long and short sleeve would work. Eh, Puffy paint is probably the best idea, the mental image that popped into my head was an all black shirt with the word "MINION" in big white (red?) letters on the front and the person's name on the back.
that's the same image i got! isn't black a great color???
78 comments!!! omg that's a lot!!
Cool, yes, black is a great color, especially for clothes (white is so see through!).
And now there are seventy nine! 8O
eightty if you coutn this one :p
I liek that idea, had the same one on mind. Blck shirt (t-shirt/long sleeve ur choice) sayign Minion and stuff...except the letters were red.
Should we have a vote on the lettering colors and such? Idk
Jess
It should be red and white. like white, with blood splatter.
No I did not just think of the Joker.
why would you ever say that?
that's a great idea rj! Happy halloween btw.
Does everyoen agree with that?
Jess
Thank you, Jess. Happy Halloween, or if you don't like it, Happy Harvest!
I have a question, could I put say, the URL of my fanfiction.net profile under the "Name, URL" thing? Or what?
i found this site "cooltext.com" and i thought it was just too good for you guys to miss out. You can design signs and names and it is really, really cool. Try it out.
That is flippin kewl!!!
Jess
omg love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kay, now back to the t-shirt thing...or not....
hy, does anyone know how to write a great ghost story and can give some tips on speakign it infront of the class?????
It's a long story
Jess
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