Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1534474587
ISBN-13
9781534474581
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Imprint
Margaret K McElderry Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2022
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
288 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 21.30 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Ksh 1,600.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 14 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 14 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
In this heart-wrenching speculative YA, eighteen-year-old Victoria takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her father, who's dying from cancer. It's THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN meets THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END.
An ALA Morris Award Finalist?!
In this equal parts heartbreaking and joyful (School Library Journal) debut YA novel thats The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father.
Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV. Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding, yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together. But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer, its clear thats not going to happen. Instead, Victoria vows to find a vampire herselfso that she can become one and then save her father.
Armed with research, speculations, and desperationand helped by her estranged best friend, HenryVictoria travels to New Orleans in search of a miracle. There she meets Nicholas, a mysterious young man who might give her what she desires. But first, he needs Victoria to prove she loves life enough to live forever.
She agrees to complete a series of challenges, from scarfing sugar-drenched beignets to singing with a jazz band, all to show she has what it takes to be immortal. But truly living while her father is dying feels like a betrayal. Victoria must figure out how to experience joy and grief at once, trusting all the while that Nicholas will hold up his end of the bargain because the alternative is too impossible to imagine.
In this equal parts heartbreaking and joyful (School Library Journal) debut YA novel thats The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father.
Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV. Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding, yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together. But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer, its clear thats not going to happen. Instead, Victoria vows to find a vampire herselfso that she can become one and then save her father.
Armed with research, speculations, and desperationand helped by her estranged best friend, HenryVictoria travels to New Orleans in search of a miracle. There she meets Nicholas, a mysterious young man who might give her what she desires. But first, he needs Victoria to prove she loves life enough to live forever.
She agrees to complete a series of challenges, from scarfing sugar-drenched beignets to singing with a jazz band, all to show she has what it takes to be immortal. But truly living while her father is dying feels like a betrayal. Victoria must figure out how to experience joy and grief at once, trusting all the while that Nicholas will hold up his end of the bargain because the alternative is too impossible to imagine.
Get Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Simon & Schuster and it has pages.
