Dracula & Daughters: School For Slayers

By (author) Carroll Emma
Short description/annotation:
And are reminded never to underestimate the undead.

9+ readers will devour the atmospheric setting, the vampish powers and the gothic details - including a talking raven - perfect for fans of Murder Most Unladylike, The Swifts and TV show, Wednesday.
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Packed full of atmosphere and gothic detail, the second instalment in a brand new adventure series: Dracula & Daughters are back! Can the infamous vampire healing company solve their latest case?

Everyone LOVES Dracula & Daughters:
''Absolute brilliance . . . Extraordinary.'' Hannah Gold
''Compulsively readable.'' Piers Torday
''Original, ingenious.'' Jonathan Stroud
''I loved this from beginning to end.'' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
''Unputdownable.'' M. G. Leonard

At last . . .

Dracula & Daughters are open for business.

Their mission: to heal vampires and keep the streets of Temstown safe.

Trouble is, the new Guildmaster is insisting the city is now vampire-free, and wants Dracula & Daughters to close.

But the undead are still lurking. After a string of strange events at the prestigious Poisonwood School for Boys, frightened pupils start holding vampire slaying lessons in secret.

It''s up to Mina, Buffy and Bella to convince them that slaying isn''t the answer. But when vampires are appearing by the classful, is it already too late?

The granddaughters of Dracula are about to have their healing skills firmly put to the test . . . And are reminded never to underestimate the undead.

9+ readers will devour the atmospheric setting, the vampish powers and the gothic details - including a talking raven - perfect for fans of Murder Most Unladylike, The Swifts and TV show, Wednesday.

Biographical note:
Once told by the poet Ted Hughes her writing was ''dangerous'', it took Emma Carroll twenty years of teaching English and a life-changing cancer diagnosis to feel brave enough to give her dream of being an author a try. Nowadays, she''s a bestselling writer, and has been nominated for and the winner of numerous awards including the Branford Boase, Carnegie Medal and the Waterstones Book Prize. Emma''s home is in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.
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Packed full of atmosphere and gothic detail, the second instalment in a brand new adventure series: Dracula & Daughters are back! Can the infamous vampire healing company solve their latest case?
Review quote: previous edition:
Absolute brilliance from a writer at the top of their game. You won''t be able to resist sinking your teeth into this extraordinary story.
Review quote: previous edition:
A brilliant concept with real bite and heroes to die for. Original, ingenious and full of dark delights.
Review quote: previous edition:

Dracula''s descendants Mina, Buffy and Bella are at it again; another unmissable eerie adventure from the splendidly sinister Emma Carroll! This is Gothic as its most fun.