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SUCK IT UP Brian Meehl Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-73300-7 | May 2008 | $15.99 | Ages 12 up Hardcover Library Binding | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-90321-9 | May 2008 | $18.99 | Ages 12 up

Morning McCobb has just graduated from Leaguer Academy and is looking forward to a “normal” life in a new city—normal, that is, for a vampire. Leaguer vampires blend in with “Lifers,” live by their motto “Drink Culture, not Life”, and survive on animal blood or, in Morning’s case, a soy substitute called Blood Lite. Luther Birnam, the academy headmaster, has a vision of the world living openly with vampires. In preparation for Birnam’s dream of “Worldwide Out Day,” Morning is chosen to be a guinea pig in an experiment to see if the public can handle living with a vampire. Morning is deposited in New York City where a public relations expert is hired to help him educate the world in the safety of living with modern-day vampires. What could possibly go wrong? Can Morning convince everyone from talk show hosts to the nun he grew up with that he is a “safe” vampire? Can he resist the PR agent’s acerbic daughter? Can he survive a murder plot by a non-Leaguer vampire who doesn’t agree with Birnam’s agenda and tries to do away with Morning? Quirky characters, tongue-in-cheek humor and lots of play on words make for an entertaining read that middle-schoolers and those older will be clamoring for.

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Prepared by Jill Webb, Children's Librarian, Farmington Community Library, Farmington, Michigan

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