Authors: R. L. Stine
ISBN-13: 9780060530822, ISBN-10: 0060530820
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: Reprint
Robert Lawrence Stine began career as an author writing short stories and joke books -- but in the early 1990's, he introduced the wildly popular Goosebumps series. The books sold millions of copies, and made reading frighteningly fun again for kids.
Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, return from their summer vacation with an overpowering thirst –– an inhuman desire to drink blood.
Have they turned into vampires?
How will they keep their horrifying secret from their family and friends?
And can they find a way to become human again ... before it's too late?
Stine delivers a fast and breezy vampire tale punctuated with a few nasty shocks. The summer before senior year, high schooler Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, are trying to put their mother's suicide behind them and are working as camp counselors. Each is attracted to-and bitten by-Lorenzo "Renz" Angelini, an ancient vampire masquerading as a hunky staff member. Back at home, Destiny and Livvy have no recollection of Renz, but both are secretly overcome by a sudden lust for blood. Gory scenes of the sisters killing and feasting on small animals will sate horror fans ("And both girls buried their faces in the warm body, and fed... fed so hungrily on the warm blood"). As the sisters race to find the so-called Restorer, who alone can cure their condition, Renz appears in another guise and stalks Destiny to make her a full vampire. As in his Fear Street books, Stine sends his characters through the details of a plot that is basically all chase; the few glimpses of the sisters' everyday life won't slow down readers who like their chillers quick and light. Ages 12-up. (Aug.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Part 1 | ||
Chapter 1 | The Most Dangerous Day | 3 |
Chapter 2 | A Romantic Walk | 11 |
Chapter 3 | "It Won't Hurt for Long" | 15 |
Chapter 4 | "What Does He Want with Me?" | 20 |
Chapter 5 | "I'll Follow You Home" | 25 |
Part 2 | ||
Chapter 6 | "Did She Stay Out of Trouble This Summer?" | 31 |
Chapter 7 | She Can't Stop Screaming | 37 |
Chapter 8 | "You Won't Get Away from Me" | 49 |
Chapter 9 | Such a Powerful Craving | 51 |
Part 3 | ||
Chapter 10 | "We'll Get Back to Normal" | 61 |
Chapter 11 | Ari's Frightening News | 65 |
Chapter 12 | "There's No Cure" | 73 |
Chapter 13 | "I Need to Feed" | 80 |
Chapter 14 | A Snack at the Pool | 83 |
Chapter 15 | What Does Coach Bauer Know? | 89 |
Chapter 16 | Anyone Home? | 95 |
Chapter 17 | "He Won't Let Me Die" | 99 |
Chapter 18 | Who Is the Restorer? | 103 |
Chapter 19 | Ari Strikes Out | 108 |
Chapter 20 | Murdered | 116 |
Chapter 21 | Destiny's New Neighbor | 121 |
Chapter 22 | "You Didn't Like Bree" | 127 |
Chapter 23 | A Death in the Family | 131 |
Chapter 24 | The Hunters Are Here! | 139 |
Chapter 25 | "Come and Get Me!" | 147 |
Chapter 26 | Is Ari a Hunter? | 153 |
Part 4 | ||
Chapter 27 | Lorenzo and Laura | 163 |
Chapter 28 | Laura, Again | 171 |
Chapter 29 | The Vampire's Kiss | 175 |
Chapter 30 | Destiny Finds the Restorer | 182 |
Chapter 31 | Livvy vs. Courtney | 188 |
Chapter 32 | "Her Blood Was Drained" | 195 |
Chapter 33 | A Valuable Nature Lesson | 200 |
Chapter 34 | A Surprise from Dad | 204 |
Chapter 35 | Is Ross Dangerous? | 209 |
Chapter 36 | Renz Makes a Promise | 214 |
Chapter 37 | Summer Camp Memories | 217 |
Part 5 | ||
Chapter 38 | Renz Drinks Deeply | 225 |
Chapter 39 | Destiny Keeps Her Date with Renz | 230 |
Chapter 40 | "At Last" | 234 |
Chapter 41 | "I Guess I Should Tell You the Truth" | 237 |
Chapter 42 | Vanished | 242 |
Epilogue | 245 |