Uncle Vampire

by Cynthia D. Grant

Book Overview

Sixteen-year-old Caroline and her twin sister Honey know for sure that their Uncle Toddy is a vampire who comes at night to drink their blood but fear of the consequences makes them keep their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689318529
• ISBN13: 9780689318528
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Read this book 800 times

I had this book back in 7th grade and I used to read it over and over. It is one of those books that really stick on your mind and tear at you after reading it. I lent it out to friends who passed it around. We made it a thing to sign the book after we read it each time. I had peoples signatures I never even knew. So, now the internets around I figured search for it.So I did. And FINALLY found it here.This book is written beautifully and is wonderfully dark with an underlaying message of hope through even the darkest of times.

Good, but not for everyone

I read this book as a incredibly sheltered 12-year old and did not quite grasp what was going on. The bombshell at the end traumatized me for days. I don't think it was the best way for me to learn about such horrors, and it was not the way my parents wanted me to learn about it (they bought the book thinking it was about vampires). For others (less innocent, older, or more mature than I was) it is probably a very important book. As realistic as it is, be forewarned that it is also very disturbing.

Don't turn away

I read this book after someone I highly respect told me about this "horrible book" her middle school son was reading. She had gone to the school and wanted it removed from the library. I was concerned (same school my son will be going to in a couple years) and I thought I needed to read it for myself. Not only was she wrong about it not belonging in the school library, her "garbage" description (based on one disciminately used F word) was unfounded. The writing was as compelling as the story itself. How can this woman not see how incredibly important a book like this is! With all the things in life that our kids are exposed to in "the wrong way," this is a book that can expose kids to reality "the right way."

Outstanding Book That Heals Internal Pain

This is one of the best books I have read in a while. I was sexual abused when I was very young. I never talked about it until high school when a bunch of my friends came out with their stories of sexual abuse and assualt. I read this book when I first began to talk about my ordeal. It took me a while to even say the sexual abuse. This book helped get through the beginnig stages of my healing. My friend gave it to me because it help her also. This girl in the story went through almost everything I went through, but I had no one to talk to then. Or at least that is what I thought. Today I am a better and stronger person and this book helped me, in a small but needed way to get through that dark door and start the internal healing. I finally have moved on with my life. I feel that every girl that has been through a traumatic situation such as rape or molestion should defintely read this book. It won't make things all better, but it will help you get there. Sincerly, A victim turned survivor.

Unforgettable

Stunning, brilliant ... there are no words strong enough to describe this compelling, heart-wrenching novel. Carolyn suffers so much abuse that finally she decides nothing could be worse than telling the truth about her uncle's physical and mental abuse. If you or your friends read one book this year, this is it. All libraries should have at least one copy in circulation.