Junior high really stinks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies
harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers
his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: His mother was human, but
his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers and
no one to teach him, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and
his enlarged fangs. When a strange substitute teacher begins to question
him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be
blown. But then he realizes he has a much bigger problem: He's being
hunted by a vampire killer who is closing in . . . fast!