How Not to Be a Vampire Slayer

By Katy Birchall

Part of the Vampire Slayer series

A young girl must choose between her vampire heritage and her new vampire friend to save a forest.

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272 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Maggie Helsby moves to Goreway, hoping to leave her horror-nerd reputation behind. But her new home borders Skeleton Woods, where she discovers a vampire coven led by Count Bloodthirst. Befriending Sharptooth, a vegetarian vampire, Maggie learns she's a descendant of vampire slayers. As the town plans to destroy the forest, Maggie faces a dilemma: can she protect her new friend and the woods, or will her legacy force her to choose sides? With friendship and the forest at stake, Maggie must navigate her dual identity in a world where vampires and slayers are sworn enemies.

From the publisher

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Witchlings in a hilarious, heartfelt story about a reluctant vampire slayer… and her vampire best friend.Maggie Helsby isn’t afraid of much. But one thing that terrifies her is trying to fit in.When she moves to the small town of Goreway, she’s eager to shed her old reputation as the weird horror nerd who scares the other kids at school. This time it’ll be different. The only problem is that she’s moved into a spooky house at the edge of Skeleton Woods, gifted to her parents by a mysterious great uncle she never knew. She can’t resist exploring it before the townspeople tear down the forest and build a golf course, even if her new friends are too scared to follow her…What she finds is Skeleton Lodge, the headquarters of a secret coven of vampires, their evil leader Count Bloodthirst, and a young vampire named Sharptooth Shadow who SWEARS she’s a vegetarian. She might just be the friend Maggie’s been dying to meet! But when Maggie discovers that she descends from a long line of vampire slayers, can she and Sharptooth overcome their history and save the forest and their friendship?

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