My teen daughter urged me to put this list together. She just turned 14 and she is loving this series -- almost as much as the Escape from the Furnace books.
Heather Brewer has a winner here.
**all ratings from GoodReads
Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1)
by Heather Brewer
3.94 avg rating — 21,279 ratings
13 year old Vlad isn't your normal teen. His mom was human, but his dad was a vampire. This means he has a difficult time keeping his blood urges under control. And it also means that he's different, even for a vampire, because he was born a vampire instead of being created.
In
this book Vlad has all the usual middle school hurdles and then some.
Bullies are targeting him, the principle is watching him closely, and
worse, the girl he likes, likes his best friend better. But none of
this is as dangerous as the substitute teacher who is on the verge of
blowing his cover.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 42,383
Page Count: 182
Accelerated Reader: 5.4 / points: 7.0
AR quiz: 116596
Lexile: 780L
-- sample pages available
-- manga version available
-- audio CD available
Ninth Grade Slays (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #2)
4.16 avg rating — 15,651 ratings
Some good stuff, and some very bad stuff.
First
the good. Vlad get to study abroad! Unfortunately it's not Paris. Uncle
Otis and Vlad head off to Siberia so that Vlad can study under a very
old vampire named
Vikas. He
also learns of the Pravus myth of which hints that he could be 'the
vampire of the prophecy'.
But there's not much time to think about those lessons and the myth because there's a vampire slayer is in town, and he's stalking Vlad!
But there's not much time to think about those lessons and the myth because there's a vampire slayer is in town, and he's stalking Vlad!
Page Count: 278
Accelerated Reading level: 5.3 / points: 9.0
AR quiz: 122154
Lexile: 780L
-- sample pages available
-- audio CD available
Tenth Grade Bleeds(The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #3)
4.26 avg rating — 12,521 ratings
Changes are in the works. First Henry wants to be free (no longer a drudge) and Vlad's blood supply is becoming iffier by the minute. Add to that a strange and dangerous vampire demanding Vlad's father's journal, and you have book #3.
Word Count: 63,430
Page Count: 292
Accelerated Reader: 5.7 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 130904
Lexile: 820L
-- sample pages available
-- audio CD available
Eleventh Grade Burns(The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #4)
4.33 avg rating — 10,070 ratings
Wow.
Eleventh grade sucks. Vlad breaks up with Meredith, and now seems to
have a sort-of relationship with Snow. Uncle Otis is being tried for
killing another vampire and all sorts of people --old former best
friends and other vampires-- what to out him or kill him or drink his
blood.
What's a guy to do?
Word Count: 70,346
Page Count: 309
Accelerated Reader: 5.3 / points: 11.0
AR quiz: 136090
Lexile: 770L
-- sample pages available
-- audio CD available
Twelfth Grade Kills (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #5)
4.38 avg rating — 8,830 ratings
Pravus prophecy and more. Vlad's dad may even be alive!
Word Count: 71,416
Page Count: 325
Accelerated Reader: 5.1 / points: 11.0
AR quiz: 140207
Lexile: 700L
-- sample pages available
-- audio CD available
compiled by Pam
updated April 2014