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Here they are again, Dracula’s granddaughters and in this episode they are going to find their powers of healing put to the test. They are determined to do good but the Guildmaster of Temstown wants them to close their business for good. Can Mina, Buffy and Bella find a way to prove that what they are doing is good for town, is keeping everyone safe?
The three girls might be relations of the infamous Dracula but they are using their powers for good, they are a vampire healing company and their story is set against a perfectly gothic background, with plenty of references to vampiric lore. The girls are hoping their business with heal vampires and keep the town safe but with the Guildmaster insisting the town has no need for them since there are no more vampires living among them they are under threat of closure. They know better, they know the undead are lurking and they also know boys from the local Poisonwood School are having secret vampire slaying lessons! There are lessons to be learned from this story, not those about vampire slaying but the ones about never underestimating the undead… If you haven’t already then you will fall for the allure of this wonderful series after this book!
Written by Emma Carroll
Published by Faber Children's
With its entirely authentic voice, this story comes from a place of experience, from a lived understanding of what it means to live with a disability and not only for the person with the disability but for those around them too. At the same time this experience, this drive to tell the story, does not dominate but is, from the outset, integral to without frontloading the story.
As someone with quadriplegic cerebral palsy this story is both Alan Carrigan’s own lived experience and his determination to write a story for teenage readers which will resonate whilst also increasing representation of disability in fiction. Alan’s main character, Sam, has cerebral palsy and simply wants to be treated as someone who can control his own life. Being excluded from a school trip through no fault of his own, having to spend the day with the school bully instead, becomes a surprisingly warm-hearted, funny and poignant turn of events for them both. If you’re looking for a story with depth, emotional resilience, charm, humour and a significant, important and potentially life-altering message underlying it all, this is the one you should turn to next in your reading journey.
Written by Alan Carrigan
Published by Chicken House
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