The Vampire’s Lair

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The Vampire’s Lair
by Dee Phillips (Author)

Booktalk: When twin brothers Dylan and Jack travel to a Romanian castle to attend their older sister’s wedding, they discover an old legend that haunts the remote castle. The twins’ fascination soon turns to horror, however, when they realize that there’s a vampire in the castle’s dungeon. What will happen once the bloodthirsty vampire begins stalking the castle’s dark passageways? Will Dylan and Jack be able to escape with their lives?

Snippet: “It was my destiny from birth to be a hunter of vampires,” he said. “My father was a vampire hunter, as was my grandfather before him. My family members have hunted and destroyed these evil monsters for generations.”

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A Family Is a Family Is a Family

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A Family Is a Family Is a Family
by Sara O’Leary (Author) and Qin Leng (Illustrator)

Booktalk: When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all.

Snippet: We were talking about families in school.

The teacher asked us what we thought made our family special.

I went last because I wasn’t sure what to say. My family is not like everybody else’s.

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