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Reality Bites: Tales of a Half-Vampire
by
Shaunda Kennedy Wenger (Goodreads Author)
Growing up in a family of vampires, witches, werewolves, and other assorted embarrassments can be tough on a girl who is just trying to be normal and fit in. When the school plans a Halloween ball, dressing up proves to be a lot harder than it should. Mackenzie has high hopes to at least talk with the boy she likes, but first she has to make it out of the house ALIVE, or a...more
Paperback, 206 pages
Published
June 4th 2012
by Essemkay Company Productions
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Jul 17, 2012
Shannon
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Teens and up
Recommended to Shannon by:
Shaunda Wenger
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Entertaining YA read about a teenage girl in a family of witches, vampires, and various other unnatural beings. She just wants to be a normal girl but her family isn't about to allow that. It's Halloween time and her school is having a Halloween ball and all she wants is to dress like a pretty mermaid and talk to her crush without looking like a fool. The problem is her family has a very strict rule regarding Halloween costumes, and her mother...more
Entertaining YA read about a teenage girl in a family of witches, vampires, and various other unnatural beings. She just wants to be a normal girl but her family isn't about to allow that. It's Halloween time and her school is having a Halloween ball and all she wants is to dress like a pretty mermaid and talk to her crush without looking like a fool. The problem is her family has a very strict rule regarding Halloween costumes, and her mother...more
Mackenzie is a half vampire with a whole problem...her wacky family. The 12 year old is planning to go to her school's Halloween Ball as a pretty mermaid princess. Except that her family have an unbreakable rule, costumes for this holiday must be gruesome, bloody and represent the macabre side of the festival. Her crazy family includes an evil witch called Aunt Wilma, creepy cousin Drake, and Albert, a fully functional skeleton who interacts with them all year and hangs from their porch every Oc...more
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I actually hadn’t planned on reading this book yet. I just popped it open to see if it was signed, since the author sent it to me directly, and somehow…I got sucked in. Before I realized what I was doing I was on page 30. haha. (My reading updates on GOODREADS)
This story follows Mackenzie, a seventh grader, who also happens to be half vampire. All she wants to do is be “normal” and go to her schools Halloween Ball. Unfortunately, her family has some s...more
I actually hadn’t planned on reading this book yet. I just popped it open to see if it was signed, since the author sent it to me directly, and somehow…I got sucked in. Before I realized what I was doing I was on page 30. haha. (My reading updates on GOODREADS)
This story follows Mackenzie, a seventh grader, who also happens to be half vampire. All she wants to do is be “normal” and go to her schools Halloween Ball. Unfortunately, her family has some s...more
This is probably middle-grade fiction more than young adult fiction. The writing is very young and full of attitude. It's from the perspective of a 7th grade girl who's mom is a vampire, dad a human, and all her relatives are various magical creatures and beings. She's living in suburban America, terribly put-upon by her family's goulish preferences. She just wants to dress up as a princess for Halloween - not a dead zombie princess or any thing else disgusting. Eventually, she comes into her po...more
This book was so funny & most teen girls feel like a freak at one time or another so it is totally believable with a fin twist. This young adult book from 12 year old Mackenzie's point of view is smash up crazy with vampires, witches, skeletal relatives hanging around plus the horrors of puberty lingering. Mackenzie is half vampire/ half human & her vamp mother won't allow her to dress in a beautiful "girlie" costume for an upcoming Halloween party, but requires her to dress gross &...more
Just when you think you've met embarrassing parents you read this book. Lol I loved the fact that Shaunda Kennedy Wenger's main character is a half-vampire! The half-vampire thing hasn't been used very often... in fact I think the only other book with one is the Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn. However I truly fell in love with Mackenzie Bonapart and hope for some more books following her! Mackenzie's mom was always great at dressing her up in messed up Halloween costumes (dead mouse, run over frog,...more
"The Difficulties of Being Half Vampire"
This is truly a vibrant story written by Author Shaunda Kennedy Wenger. It is a perfect young-adult novel that teens will thoroughly enjoy. Mackenzie, almost 13 years old, and in the 7th Grade, is the daughter of Queen Mother Vampire...a true vampire who always inspires her daughter to dress appropriately for Halloween. Mom's definition of 'cute' is blood, missing body parts, skeletons, and even a dead Minnie Mouse! Mackenzie thinks of herself as a mutant...more
This is truly a vibrant story written by Author Shaunda Kennedy Wenger. It is a perfect young-adult novel that teens will thoroughly enjoy. Mackenzie, almost 13 years old, and in the 7th Grade, is the daughter of Queen Mother Vampire...a true vampire who always inspires her daughter to dress appropriately for Halloween. Mom's definition of 'cute' is blood, missing body parts, skeletons, and even a dead Minnie Mouse! Mackenzie thinks of herself as a mutant...more
This book seems to be a cross between Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Wizards of Waverly Place. The target audience for this book is middle grade so the language is simple and the writing style is to the point.
Yet, as we follow Mackenzie on her journey of fitting in with the outside world, you cannot help being taken back to your teenage days when you tried to fit in as well.
Sure the characters are outlandish but they are funny and make you feel for Mackenzie's plight of "being normal". Bear in...more
Yet, as we follow Mackenzie on her journey of fitting in with the outside world, you cannot help being taken back to your teenage days when you tried to fit in as well.
Sure the characters are outlandish but they are funny and make you feel for Mackenzie's plight of "being normal". Bear in...more
A cute story about a normal girl growing up in a very abnormal family. Not too preachy, and with a likably unlikeable main character - Mackenzie is precisely as whiny and self-centered as a junior high girl should be, and with the right amount of distaste for what's normal in her family and pining for a "normal" life. That's what made the story most enjoyable - the utter verisimilitude of the pre-teen main character. It's a bit of a fluffy little froth otherwise, but the idea of a vampire's daug...more
This book is definitely geared toward the middle school crowd. A light, fun read, worth the read for those adults who want to take a stroll down memory lane and remember the angst of not quite fitting in, with a paranormal twist thrown in.
Enjoyable read. Looking to read more by this author.
A fun read. Reminds me of the Adams family.
This book was an awesome YA read. I can't wait for my daughter to read it. I had to laugh out loud several times. Or at least smile. I hope I don't embrass her, but I know that is my job, as is every mothers job. But I can't imagine being Queen MV and not embrassing your daugther. I really enjoyed this book and suggest it to all young readers.
Quick, easy read with all sorts of mythical/paranormal beings: vampires, werewolves, witches, mermaids, live-mummies, ghost, etc.
Very straightforward and simple read, as long as you can keep track of the family members. Relationships are fairly realistic for middle school-res (my guess at their ages).
Very straightforward and simple read, as long as you can keep track of the family members. Relationships are fairly realistic for middle school-res (my guess at their ages).
A very sweet book with a wacky cast of characters. Great for the intended middle school (middle grade) audience!
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Shaunda Kennedy Wenger is author of 8 books for children and co-author of The Book Lover's Cookbook, Recipes of Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages That Feature Them, which was featured as a 2003 Holiday Gift Pick on National Public Radio. Her newest release is From Rivets and Rails, Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook, which is based on her great grandmother's 1900s cookery...more
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