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How to Get Rid of a Vampire
Zazie has just received a beautiful new notebook, and decides to keep a diary. Brimming with imagination, she writes down her
impressions of her cat Roudoudou, her awful cousin Lucas and her new teacher, Mr Labat – who, with his pale skin and blood-red lips, must surely be a vampire! In order to save her life and those of her classmates, Zazie must find a way to get rid of Mr Labat – and what better way than by following the advice found in Bram Stoker's Dracula…
Sparkling, funny and a bit wacky, How to Get Rid of a Vampire
(Using Ketchup, Garlic Cloves and a Bit of Imagination) is as entertaining and original as its brave and loveable heroine.
impressions of her cat Roudoudou, her awful cousin Lucas and her new teacher, Mr Labat – who, with his pale skin and blood-red lips, must surely be a vampire! In order to save her life and those of her classmates, Zazie must find a way to get rid of Mr Labat – and what better way than by following the advice found in Bram Stoker's Dracula…
Sparkling, funny and a bit wacky, How to Get Rid of a Vampire
(Using Ketchup, Garlic Cloves and a Bit of Imagination) is as entertaining and original as its brave and loveable heroine.
176 pages, Paperback
Published August 29, 2017
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November 20, 2017
Great book for 9 – 11 year-olds
Zazie has a brilliant imagination and is always getting into trouble at home and at school because adults do not understand her! Zazie’s made-up words will amuse adults and children alike, e.g. catastraumatized, exhaustified and abominaciousness.
She has a large fluffy cat called Roudoudou, an annoying cousin called Lucas and two and a half best enemies – identical twins named Charlotte and Camille who Zazie insists on collectively calling Charmille, and Anais, with whom she falls out every other day!
When she starts reading Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, her active imagination runs away with her. Back at school, Zazie discovers that their normal teacher Mrs Cuche is off ill and they have a substitute called Mr Fleder! Having dreamt the previous evening she saw a vampire in the cemetery which in turn changed into a bat, added to the fact that ‘fledermaus’ is German for a bat, she knows that therefore Mr Fleder is the vampire of whom she dreamt.
The rest of the book describes how Zazie tried to engage her friends in trying to get rid of Mr Fleder, only getting herself into more trouble by the day.
This is an amusing book and 9 –11 year-olds, at whom the book is directed, should enjoy it. There are, however, one or two errors which may be ‘in the translation’; ‘never’ instead of ‘ever’ and ‘discretely’ instead of ‘discreetly’.
Sméagol
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review
Zazie has a brilliant imagination and is always getting into trouble at home and at school because adults do not understand her! Zazie’s made-up words will amuse adults and children alike, e.g. catastraumatized, exhaustified and abominaciousness.
She has a large fluffy cat called Roudoudou, an annoying cousin called Lucas and two and a half best enemies – identical twins named Charlotte and Camille who Zazie insists on collectively calling Charmille, and Anais, with whom she falls out every other day!
When she starts reading Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, her active imagination runs away with her. Back at school, Zazie discovers that their normal teacher Mrs Cuche is off ill and they have a substitute called Mr Fleder! Having dreamt the previous evening she saw a vampire in the cemetery which in turn changed into a bat, added to the fact that ‘fledermaus’ is German for a bat, she knows that therefore Mr Fleder is the vampire of whom she dreamt.
The rest of the book describes how Zazie tried to engage her friends in trying to get rid of Mr Fleder, only getting herself into more trouble by the day.
This is an amusing book and 9 –11 year-olds, at whom the book is directed, should enjoy it. There are, however, one or two errors which may be ‘in the translation’; ‘never’ instead of ‘ever’ and ‘discretely’ instead of ‘discreetly’.
Sméagol
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review
April 17, 2019
I actually read this book in French for my French course, and we had enlightening discussions on it every week.
I was highly entertained by Zazie and her antics and thought her character was very dynamic. She was energetic, but also egotistical and she never strayed away from these two qualities, no matter what happened in the book. Her imagination was out of this world.
I loved JM Erre’s writing style; I thought it was easy to comprehend, and the pictures helped too!
A great book for French learners, especially at the beginner, medium and advanced levels!
I was highly entertained by Zazie and her antics and thought her character was very dynamic. She was energetic, but also egotistical and she never strayed away from these two qualities, no matter what happened in the book. Her imagination was out of this world.
I loved JM Erre’s writing style; I thought it was easy to comprehend, and the pictures helped too!
A great book for French learners, especially at the beginner, medium and advanced levels!
August 18, 2021
Can I say 3,5 ⭐? Zazie really had a big imagination and uses it to it's full extent. Rather funny too.
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