{"product_id":"9780702323614","title":"The Thirteenth Vampire","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hemming, Alice, Bochenski, Kayt \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 10 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 September 2023 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e146 x 192 x 21 | 466g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Alice Hemming, the bestselling author of The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark Unicorn series, comes a brand-new story filled with vampires\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a mystery only one girl can solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe town of Valesti was once rumoured to be the home to a family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof twelve vampires who wreaked havoc on the towns people. Until,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat is, hunters came to kill them all. At least, they thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey'd killed them all . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, the rumours are mostly forgotten but some persist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- especially those around Castle Bezna , where a mysterious countess\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elives. Over the years, the countess has enlisted village girls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto be her companions, but none of the girls have returned. But\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen a girl named Vivi decides that the promise of an education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand boarding is too great an opportunity to turn down, she packs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eup her belongings and starts work in the dusty old castle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut soon Vivi starts to wonder if the legend of the thirteenth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evampire could be true. Can she prove the vampires existence, or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill she join the long list of girls never to return from Castle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBezna . . . ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Hemming is a trusted author - her previous book, The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMidnight Unicorn, was selected for the 2023 Summer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Challenge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnchanting dark fairy tales with fearsome villains and inspiring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheroines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Skandar series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat for 10+ readers who love fairy tales and Disney\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124807487747,"sku":"9780702323614","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780702323614.jpg?v=1731340808","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9780702323614","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}