It doesn’t take long for Cody Elliot to realize that his new high school is a little different. The other students are supernaturally strong,...
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Aug 11, 2011
Eddie
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Vampire High is about a boy named Cody Elliot who does bad in school. His parents decide to transfer him to a different school. His parents tried to get him into Vlad Dracul, a school for students with high grades. Cody gets into this school, and gets good grades just because he joins an extracurricular activity. He finds out that he is in a school for vampires and also finds out why he has been getting good grades (because vampires can’t join sports that involve water, believing that they woul
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Jan 06, 2012
Liz
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When I grabbed this book I really wasn't expecting much more than a silly story aimed at kids; I'm so happy I was disappointed in that respect. This is a story with something for every age level; the premise is wacky enough to draw in the children, and yet there are just enough adult concepts wrapped up in the story to keep older readers intrigued.
Cody, unhappy with his family's move from warm sunny California to drab and cold New Sodom, Massachusetts, deliberately starts flunking out More...
Cody, unhappy with his family's move from warm sunny California to drab and cold New Sodom, Massachusetts, deliberately starts flunking out More...
Jan 04, 2012
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I don't read lots of vampire books so my knowledge on vampire customs and traditions is very minimum. No, I don't watch True Blood either . Sad, I know but that's how I am. I tried Sookie in form of books but she was too promiscuous for my reading taste . Seriously, she was. If you thought Bella had trouble with handling paranormal guys you definitely need to meet Miss Sookie. She could teach Bella a thing or two about guys . I mean vampire guys and others. And before anybody asks me this , we d
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Jan 09, 2011
Edit
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I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed this book. I gave it three stars as a reference to the very last chapter, in which it turns out that the main character, Cody submitted this book as an English assignment and his teacher gave it a "well earned C" - which is a huge compliment from this particular (jenti) teacher. The story is, of course, another take on vampires. What sets this book apart is its humor, and the many references to Eastern Europe. I, being from Hungary myself, par
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Jul 28, 2010
Brittany
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Cody Eliot did not approve of his parents move from California to Massachusetts. He missed the water and his old life. When he flunks out of Cotton Mather his dad decides it's time for a change, and enrolls him into Vlad Dracul. Cody gets accepted very quickly on the terms that he is will try out for the Water Polo team. After noticing how odd everyone is and rescuing one of his classmates, he is let on to a secret; everyone in the school is a vampire. The only non-vampires are his water polo t
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Oct 08, 2009
Judy
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A good read.
Aimed towards younger readers although a few curse words.
Cody Elliot's new school, Vlad Dracul, is a little weird. The principal is seven feet tall and has a pet wolf. The students are tall and silent and wear sunglasses in the winter. When he sees a kid's fangs, the truth sinks in: Cody's classmates are vampires. The vampires--or jenti, as they call themselves--have lived in New Sodom, Mass., for centuries. They are superstrong and supersmart, but water is da More...
Aimed towards younger readers although a few curse words.
Cody Elliot's new school, Vlad Dracul, is a little weird. The principal is seven feet tall and has a pet wolf. The students are tall and silent and wear sunglasses in the winter. When he sees a kid's fangs, the truth sinks in: Cody's classmates are vampires. The vampires--or jenti, as they call themselves--have lived in New Sodom, Mass., for centuries. They are superstrong and supersmart, but water is da More...
Aug 02, 2010
P.M.
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When Cody Elliot comes home with a report card replete with F's (even in homeroom), Dad decides a private school is in order. There are two choices: Our Lady of Perpetual Homework or Vlad Dracul Magnet School. Vlad Dracul really wants Cody so he can participate on the water polo team. If he will do that one thing, his future will be golden - all A's for no work, a college of his choice, a job later. What more could a gadje want? Things gets strange when a Canadian timber wolf named Charon is Cod
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Nov 28, 2010
Midnight
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A fun read, a new twist to vampires yet again, and a new look at small town New England life. Interesting to set this in an area where witch trials were predominate in the 1600's and this was even then a community of vampires from the old country.
Cody thought funking school would solve all his problems, and yet being enrolled in Vlad Dracul Magnet School only sank him into more interesting, life changing problems. His first problems was trying to integrate himself into a school commu More...
Cody thought funking school would solve all his problems, and yet being enrolled in Vlad Dracul Magnet School only sank him into more interesting, life changing problems. His first problems was trying to integrate himself into a school commu More...
Sep 18, 2010
Colleen
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This book was an absolutely delightful read. It's a light-hearted tale about a boy who is recruited to an all-vampire high school in New England after he flunks out of the regular high school. The Vamps don't care about his grades, they just need him to field a water polo team so that the state doesn't shut them down. These vampires, known as jenti, are deathly afraid of the water. Surprisingly, when Cody finds out he doesn't have to do ANYTHING to be set up for life he finds out he wants to
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Jan 17, 2012
Kribu
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I can't really make up my mind how I felt about this book: on the one hand, it was a fairly quick, enjoyable, fun read; on the other hand, it ultimately didn't leave me satisfied.
I liked the premise - "normal" kid in a school that turns out to be full of vampires - and Cody was a likeable hero, with Justin making a likeable sidekick/friend and Ileana a not too awful love interest, but I suppose I expected more. More of... I don't even know. Perhaps it's that the solutions wer More...
I liked the premise - "normal" kid in a school that turns out to be full of vampires - and Cody was a likeable hero, with Justin making a likeable sidekick/friend and Ileana a not too awful love interest, but I suppose I expected more. More of... I don't even know. Perhaps it's that the solutions wer More...
Nov 02, 2010
Taralen
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Vampire High is not your average vampire tale.
Cody, the protagonist of the tale, is a very believable main character. He has faults but he works to do something about them.
It is very rare to find a vampire novel that doesn't have to do about a horny teenage girl or woman trying to get in bed with an overly emotional 100-year-old something teenage vampire man/boy.
There is romance in this book but it is subtle and not the point of the plot, which is refreshing.
The very uni More...
Cody, the protagonist of the tale, is a very believable main character. He has faults but he works to do something about them.
It is very rare to find a vampire novel that doesn't have to do about a horny teenage girl or woman trying to get in bed with an overly emotional 100-year-old something teenage vampire man/boy.
There is romance in this book but it is subtle and not the point of the plot, which is refreshing.
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Nov 09, 2010
♥Xeni♥
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Although written simply, this young adult (or perhaps even children's) novel was bright, charming and a refreshing take on the whole "teenage vampires" phenomena.
Cody is one of your typical teenage hero's: he has ideals and desires and he will pursue them to the end, even if it means embarrassment, penalties or other negative rewards. But what the main character was lacking in personality, Rees made up in writing style, primarily the use of humor.
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Cody is one of your typical teenage hero's: he has ideals and desires and he will pursue them to the end, even if it means embarrassment, penalties or other negative rewards. But what the main character was lacking in personality, Rees made up in writing style, primarily the use of humor.
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Jul 16, 2008
Belle ♥
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Sometimes it takes something different and frightning, to make you realize your true potential.
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Mar 28, 2010
Diana
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Flunking every single class, even homeroom, doesn't get Cody Elliot out of New Sodom, Massachusetts, it just lands him in a charter school full of vampires where he finds a new best friend, romance with a beautiful vampire princess, and the inner strength to take on the school bullies. This delightfully satirical fast paced romance takes a look at the very real teen issues of fitting in and deciding to take a stand. Humor, vampires, and romance make it appealing but it is more than just a ligh
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Jun 01, 2009
Terri
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Cody's family moved from CA to New Sodom MA and he hates it here. He got all Fs on his report card (even homeroom) and hopes they will go back. Instead, his parents send him to Vlad Dracul High. Where, as it turns out, the school is full of vampires )or Jenti as they prefer). They keep a few non=vamps such as Cody (or Gadje) in order for them to be on the water polo team to keep the schools accrediation. Those who do, get a free ride. Only Cody finds that he wants to earn his grades after
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Nov 13, 2010
Kathy
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I liked it. Once again, NOT proper, traditional vampires, but closer than some. These are more like a genetically strange minority, that must have blood to survive.
Our hero, Cody, is flunking everything at Cotton Mather High School (even homeroom) because he is so upset about his father moving the family to Massachusetts from California. So, he can either go to Our Lady of Perpetual Homework, or Vlad Dracul High School, both reputed to be very tough schools.
But Cody' More...
Our hero, Cody, is flunking everything at Cotton Mather High School (even homeroom) because he is so upset about his father moving the family to Massachusetts from California. So, he can either go to Our Lady of Perpetual Homework, or Vlad Dracul High School, both reputed to be very tough schools.
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Nov 29, 2009
Barbara
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Quick read about a high school boy who acts out by doing poorly at his new school when required to move to Massachussetts from California and ends up at a school for some rather unusual characters in his new town of New Sodom. The changes he goes through and his understanding of the differences between people make this an interesting study of intolerance and learning to get along. 'Nuff said. I don't want to give the story away but it's a different approach to the vampire issue than many of t
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Nov 10, 2008
Linden
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Due to his father's new job, Cody Elliot's family has moved to New Sodom, Massachusetts, from California. By way of protest to the move, Cody can't be bothered doing much of any work in his new high school. He achieves an F in science, math, social studies, physical education, and English. His father demands to know how he even managed to get an F in homeroom, and is not happy to discover that it was because he didn't bother to show up.
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May 12, 2008
Jennifer
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Cody Elliot has just moved to Massachusetts from California. He hates his new town of New Sodom and is proud of his report card full of F's (even in homeroom). His dad, not so proud. Cody gets sent to a new school, Vlad Dracul.
It doesn't take long for Cody to realize that something is different about his fellow students. They wear sunglasses inside, they are strangely silent, and seem to be super-sm More...
Cody Elliot has just moved to Massachusetts from California. He hates his new town of New Sodom and is proud of his report card full of F's (even in homeroom). His dad, not so proud. Cody gets sent to a new school, Vlad Dracul.
It doesn't take long for Cody to realize that something is different about his fellow students. They wear sunglasses inside, they are strangely silent, and seem to be super-sm More...
Nov 12, 2007
Kimberli
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Cody Elliot is a self-destructive flunk out who is quickly on his way to becoming a high school drop out. His Father is sick and tired of his smart mouth and ridiculous tactics and gives him the choice of going to Our Lady of Perpetual Homework or Vlad Dracul Magnet School. Cody decides to go Vlad Dracul because the idea of perpetual homework just does not sit well with him. Maybe he should have thought his decision over a little better. What ever do you think the Dracul stands for? Cody fi
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Jan 29, 2010
Sarah
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I'll have to purchase this cute, fluffy vampire young adult novel for my collection. Students will love it. First, it has vampires in it. And, because of the Twilight popularity, anything will vampires flies off the shelves. Secondly, the main character, Cody Elliot, is one sarcastic teenager, even when faced with a school full of vampires. That's right. After he tries to anger his parents into moving back to California by failing school, his dad places him at Vlad Dracul, where everyone is smar
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Oct 17, 2011
Leann
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This is a fun book especially for middle school boys. Cody is a mortal who chooses to attended high school predominantly populated by vampires. Here, Cody is bullied by students and teachers and must choose how to stand up for himself and his friends. It is a vampire book, but really its a book about bullies. The best part of the book, for me, was how the nuances of vampire culture are explained. Author Rees is very imaginative when explaining vampire eccentricities. I will recommend this book t
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Jul 17, 2008
Marian
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Okay, you'll either get and love Vampire High or you won't. If you don't, don't feel too bad. You probably don't get a lot of things people find funny and you're used to it by now.
Luckily, before the first chapter ends, you'll know whether this is the book for you. In fact, I think by the third page you should know. Either you're laughing at how horrible Cody's doing in school or you're completely lost.
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Luckily, before the first chapter ends, you'll know whether this is the book for you. In fact, I think by the third page you should know. Either you're laughing at how horrible Cody's doing in school or you're completely lost.
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Oct 03, 2009
Cait
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This is a thoroughly charming YA book with a fabulous world and cast of characters. Cody and his peers are very much teenagers and deal with the supernatural not as heroes but as high school students. There are only a few places in the book where I cringe in sympathetic embarrassment, and the triumphant ending is delightful.
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Nov 26, 2010
Jennie
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I ended up really liking this book. It was cute and I liked how it was free from a lot of the popular vampire tropes in YA fiction. The fact that there was little/no romance was great. I'm definitely going to recommend this to my brother, who is always on the look-out for YA that is not scary and has a guy MC.
Sep 27, 2010
Tweller83
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When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day.
Very tame vampire story with mild violence.
Very tame vampire story with mild violence.
Nov 08, 2010
Tahir
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This was a outstandingly intresting book that puts a twist on the vampire folk tales. this book makes perfect sense and makes you want to jump up and clap once you have finally finished. ultimately this book wriggles into a spot in your mind so you can't stoop thinking about it.. this book is a great example of a true and complete original.
Sep 27, 2011
Sarah
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Loved this book. Read it a long time ago but still think it's fantastic. It gives vamps a new spin and for once the protagonist isn't trying to hunt vamps or become one, he's just trying to be a good friend and hopefully survive high school while he's at it.
Jan 11, 2010
Sunshie
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Not what I expected. Kind of middling good. Some of the little bits like the school names were fun. But the ending made the whole book go bad in my view. Technically it wasn't the ending it was more of the epilogue but it made me want to sit on the book.
