TY - BOOK AU - Brewer,Heather TI - Eighth grade bites T2 - The chronicles of Vladimir Tod SN - 9780142411872 PY - 2008///, c2007 CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Speak KW - Vampires KW - Fiction KW - Orphans KW - Junior high schools KW - Schools KW - Horror tales N1 - "First published in the U.S.A.: Dutton Children's Books, 2007"--T.p. verso; Where's the boy? -- Halloween -- Hidden attic -- Search continues -- Otis Otis -- Secrets and sanctuary -- Feeding time -- The book -- Snow and ashes -- A meeting of monsters -- Mr. Otis comes to dinner -- Mr. Craig -- Bound by blood -- Elysia -- The end of a dark journey -- The mark of a vampire N2 - For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed ER -