Young Dracula: Part 1

By MICHAEL LAWRENCE

I'm sure you've heard of Count Dracula, the evil vampire who could turn himself into a bat at will. The creepy fellow who always dressed in black and preferred a neckful of warm blood to a mug of milky tea any day.

Yes, everyone's heard of Count Dracula. But how many of us know what he was like when young? Before he grew tall, swept his hair back, and started hanging around graveyards? Not many of us! And why? Because until now, the story of young Dracula has been a well-kept-secret- a secret that I (a very nosy writer) have at last unearthed.

Before I tell you this secret story, however, you must learn something of life at Castle Dracula before the lad was born. Pay attention now. This bit's important.

Publisher: Barrington Stoke

Price: $14.95

Age group: 8-13 years


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