Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things (libro En Inglés)

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Nombre: Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Margaret K. McElderry Books

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An ALA Morris Award Finalist!

In this equal parts heartbreaking and joyful (School Library Journal) debut YA novel thats The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father.

Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV. Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding, yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together. But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer, its clear thats not going to happen. Instead, Victoria vows to find a vampire herselfso that she can become one and then save her father.

Armed with research, speculations, and desperationand helped by her estranged best friend, HenryVictoria travels to New Orleans in search of a miracle. There she meets Nicholas, a mysterious young man who might give her what she desires. But first, he needs Victoria to prove she loves life enough to live forever.

She agrees to complete a series of challenges, from scarfing sugar-drenched beignets to singing with a jazz band, all to show she has what it takes to be immortal. But truly living while her father is dying feels like a betrayal. Victoria must figure out how to experience joy and grief at once, trusting all the while that Nicholas will hold up his end of the bargain...because the alternative is too impossible to imagine.

About the Author

Margie Fuston grew up in the woods of California where she made up fantasy worlds that always involved unicorns. In college, she earned undergraduate degrees in business and literature and a masters in creative writing. Now shes back in the woods and spends all her time wrangling a herd of cats and helping her nephews hunt ghosts, pond monsters, and mermaids.

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Chapter One
I dont know how to live in this world

if these are the choices, if everything just gets

stripped away. I dont see the point.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
One
Be strong like Buffy. I repeat the mantra in my head as I glare into the garish fluorescent lights. But all I can think about is the episode where Buffys mom dies, and they keep showing the body, eyes wide and staring, and I imagine what Dad would look like. Eyes open or closed?

I bite the inside of my cheek. Be strong like Buffy.

Plastered smile in place, I look down at Dad, just in case hes watching. Hes not. He slouches on the arm of an extra-large wheelchair, the only one still available from the hospital lobby. Hes always been tall and thin, but now three of him could sit in the wide seat.

When he first got sick, the hospital offered an insurance-bought wheelchair for us to take home, but back then my dad shook his head and smiled. You cant show cancer any bit of weakness, he said, winking at me so we both laughed. Mom tried to take it, but we overruled her.

No one jokes now.

The paper covering the exam table crinkles as I squirm to get comfortable. My left legs gone dead. Numb, I mean. Not dead.

Mom turns her hard blue eyes on me, and I stop. She wanted me to stay hometold me I didnt need to be here for this. I dont know if shes worried about me or how my emotions might affect Dad, but she should know by now that I can hide my feelings as well as she can.

Dad catches my eye and runs a hand over the stray tufts of hair the chemo hasnt stolen yet. Do I still look like Count Dracula? he asks, lips parting into something like a grin.

Before cancer, Dad had a round face and thick brows and black hair he kept slicked back in an out-of-fashion look my mom constantly teased him for. But he loved it. He looked exactly like Bela Lugosi, the original Dracula. We always joke Dad is Lugosis long-lost relative.

You might be sliding into Christopher Lee territory now. Lee played Dracula after Lugosi, and his hair wasnt quite as great.

Da

CARACTERÍSTICAS PRINCIPALES:

-Idioma: Inglés
-Envío: Desde EE. UU.
-Libro Impreso y Nuevo

MÁS DETALLES:

Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9781534474581
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 1534474587
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta blanda
Editorial: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Titulo del libro: Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Fuston, Margie
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 368
ISBN-13: 9781534474581
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9781534474581