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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Alex Van Helsing Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson

2011 Texas Lone Star Reading List Book

Age Range:  Young Adult

This is a great action packed book that boys will love!  The main character, Alex, is 14 years old and sent to the Glenarvon Academy in Switzerland after getting kicked out of his last school. He is a Van Helsing, but has no idea about his family history of being vampire fighters.  On one of his first nights at the academy, he goes for a walk and runs into a vampire.  After a battle, he ends up killing her.  He begins to feel a static in his head that gives him a warning that danger is near.  It takes him a while to accept what is happening to him.  Two of his friends get kidnapped by the vampires.  They have a school under Lake Geneva.  The head vampire, Icemaker, wants to use them as a sacrifice.  Alex reveals the secret society that his teacher, Sangster, is involved in.  He also learns about his family history.  This book is action packed as Alex enters the vampire school, Scholmance, to try to rescue his friends.  They battle vampires along the way.  The ending definitely sets the scene for a second book about Alex.

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