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Araminta Spookie 4: Vampire Brat Paperback – April 28, 2009
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Uncle Drac’s creepy vampire nephew comes to visit and Araminta wants him gone—another funny, weird adventure in the Araminta Spookie series from Angie Sage, author of the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series. This fun and spooky chapter book series is perfect for growing readers in first or second grade.
What's lurking in the basement?
Araminta thinks something horrible is hiding in the deep, hidden passages of Spookie House—could it be a werewolf? Then Max, Uncle Drac's creepy nephew, arrives and Araminta is sure he's up to no good. Araminta comes up with a plan to figure out what Max is up to—and also to capture the werewolf. But will it work?
- Reading age6 - 10 years
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 5
- Lexile measure910L
- Dimensions5 x 0.45 x 7.12 inches
- PublisherKatherine Tegen Books
- Publication dateApril 28, 2009
- ISBN-100060774924
- ISBN-13978-0060774929
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What's lurking in the basement?
Araminta thinks something horrible is hiding in the deep, hidden passages of Spookie House—could it be a werewolf? Then Max, Uncle Drac's creepy nephew, arrives and Araminta is sure he's up to no good. Araminta comes up with a plan to figure out what Max is up to—and also to capture the werewolf. But will it work?
About the Author
ANGIE SAGE was born in London and grew up in the Thames Valley, London, and Kent. She loves the sea, spooky old houses, and time traveling (the easy way, by reading history books). Angie has created many books for children, including the New York Times bestselling series Septimus Heap and Araminta Spookie. She lives in England. Visit her online at www.angiesage.com and on Twitter @AngieSageAuthor.
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Araminta Spookie 4: Vampire Brat
By Angie SageHarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Copyright © 2009 Angie SageAll right reserved.
ISBN: 9780060774929
Chapter One
Bat Poo
Things have been happening in Spookie House—weird werewolf and vampire things.
It all started when Aunt Tabby tripped over Sir Horace's treasure chest. Sir Horace is our best ghost. He lives inside a suit of armor and wanders around Spookie House, so you never know where he is going to turn up next. Recently I rescued his ancient treasure chest from his old castle, and since then it has been sitting in the hall because it is so heavy that no one wants to move it. I liked it being in the hall but Aunt Tabby did not. She said it smelled funny, which is true, but then so do a lot of things in Spookie House.
You probably know that Brenda, Barry, and Wanda Wizzard all live in Spookie House with me and my aunt Tabby and uncle Drac, which can be quite fun. It can also be very annoying. And this day was one of the annoying ones.
"That chest will have to go," said Aunt Tabby, rubbing her shin. "Go and get Barry to help you take it upstairs out of the way."
Barry, who is Wanda's dad, did not want to take the chest upstairs out of the way. He said he had enough smelly, heavy weights to lift as it was. But Aunt Tabby won as usual, and Wanda and I helped Barry take the chest up to the ghost-in-the-bath bathroom at the top of the stairs. There is definitely no ghost-in-the-bath there anymore, which I know because I have waited there for hours trying to catch a ghost having a bath with no luck at all. Anyway, why would a ghost want to have a bath? They don't need to, since they do not get dirty.
We had just dumped the treasure chest down beside the bath when Brenda, who is Wanda's mom, came in. Her cat, Pusskins, had been missing for three days, and Brenda was getting slightly hysterical.
"Is Pusskins in there?" she asked, pointing at the treasure chest.
"I don't think so," said Wanda. "Pusskins wouldn't like the smell."
I did not think that was true because Pusskins is a smelly cat. "Maybe Pusskins is the smell," I suggested.
Brenda gave a little scream. "Open it, open it," she yelled. So we did. Pusskins was not there. Barry took Brenda away to sit down somewhere quiet.
Sir Horace had already shown us what was in the treasure chest, but since it was open, Wanda and I took another look, just in case he had missed something interesting the first time. But he hadn't. There was no real treasure at all, just lots of papers, Sir Horace's moldy lucky rabbit's foot, and a battered old silver whistle. In fact Sir Horace had already given us the only treasure—two gold medals—which we always kept under our pillows.
Brenda spent the rest of the morning walking around Spookie House going, "Here pussy-kins, come here, my little puss-cat, come to your mummy-wummy . . ." and general yucky stuff like that. Even Wanda, who can be a bit like that herself, got tired of it. But Brenda would not stop. I think she loves Pusskins more than anything else in the world—although I suppose she might prefer Wanda a little bit more, but it would be a close call. Pusskins is not even a particularly nice cat; she likes to hiss at you if she thinks you are doing anything wrong. She is also quite fat and getting fatter all the time, because whatever Wanda may say, I know she feeds Pusskins my cheese and onion chips.
By the afternoon even Aunt Tabby was getting tired of Brenda moping around looking for Pusskins, so she said we had to help search the house. She and Brenda were going to start at the top, and Wanda and I had to start in the basement. Then we would all meet in the middle.
I like the basement of Spookie House. It is full of wiggly, winding corridors that lead to little kitchens, big kitchens, laundry rooms, larders, junk rooms, and all kinds of hidden places. A secret passage runs behind some of the walls, too. I have been down there a few times, but to get to it you have to go through a little door underneath the attic stairs right at the top of the house. Then you have to go down in a scary elevator thingy and a rickety ladder. I have often thought there must be a quicker way to get there—like a secret door somewhere in the basement too, but I have never found it.
Although I did not tell Wanda, I decided not to waste my time looking for Pusskins, who would not come to me however nicely I called her. I do not like Pusskins and Pusskins does not like me. As Uncle Drac says, the feeling is mutual. So while Wanda went off down the big corridor that goes past all the kitchens, calling out, "Pusskins, here pussy-kins," and sounding just like a squeaky version of Brenda, I zoomed off down the corridor that leads to the bat poo hatch. I was heading for Creepy Corner, where Barry keeps all the sacks to put the poo in, as I have never had time to explore there. Somehow Aunt Tabby always knows where I am and says, "I really don't know why you want to go down there, Araminta. Come away at once." But this time I knew Aunt Tabby was far away, at the very top of Spookie House. In fact she and Brenda were out on the roof, looking for Pusskins. I was safe. Well, safe from Aunt Tabby anyway.
The bat poo hatch is at the bottom of Uncle Drac's turret, where he keeps all his bats. Every day Wanda's dad, Barry, shovels the bat poo into sacks, which is why, as I turned the corner, my way was blocked by a huge pile of bat poo, and a voice said, "What are you doing here, Araminta?"
Continues...
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Product details
- Publisher : Katherine Tegen Books; Reprint edition (April 28, 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0060774924
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060774929
- Reading age : 6 - 10 years
- Lexile measure : 910L
- Grade level : 3 - 5
- Item Weight : 4.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.45 x 7.12 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,760,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6,803 in Children's Spine-Chilling Horror
- #8,124 in Children's School Issues
- #8,284 in Children's Chapter Books (Books)
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About the author
Angie Sage lives in a fifteenth-century house in Somerset, which is a Magykal place. Angie went to art school to study Graphic Design and Illustration before starting to write. She has created many picture books and chapter books for children, including Araminta Spook, her bestselling series for younger readers. The Septimus Heap series has become an international bestseller and will continue with the trilogy, TodHunter Moon, which takes up the story seven years on.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2013The 1st book was given to my daughter on Halloween by a family member. At 4 years old, my daughter loved the book so i bought the whole series. Awesome and thrilling stories for children. Not scary at all just humorous. Great series!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2013Sent a series of books to my granddaughter in CA. She loved this series when learning to read and I am sujre
the enjoyable books helped her.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2013I liked it a lot almost as good as the 2 nd book such is really good at least I thought so
- Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2013The author knows kids and their interactions with adults/peers. The story holds the interest of a sixth grader, and is written with use of repeating words, and variations of the same word which enhances vocabulary.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2015Great book! My third grade daughter loves the whole Araminta Spookie series!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015my kid loved it
- Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2016{My thoughts} – Araminta’s cousin Max ends up coming to stay with them at the Spookie House. While he is there Araminta and Wanda both jump to conclusions about him being a vampire and they go on an adventure and follow him around in the middle of the night. They hope that they can catch him doing vampire like things and then trap him.
Aside from following him around and trying to trap him they also are trying to trap a werewolf that Araminta swears she has been seeing in the basement.
Wanda doesn’t seem really interested on this nightly quest with Araminta but she goes along with it or is more or less forced into going along with it. All is well that ends well though in the case of this story.
I really do enjoy these books, they are nice fast reads and I am certain any child that picks them up will learn to love them. The stories are entertaining and they go hand and hand with one another. You can either read them in order or separately because the new things learned are usually explained in the newer books. I look forward to starting the next book in the series.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2013I loved the book I liked the good creation of a book it was creepy but it was cool to read this I always love the creation of these books
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- mariaReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Vampire brat will be loved by kids everywhere
the kids loved this book and all of her araminta books please Angie write more this is their last one to read...
- amanda nightingaleReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Love these
- WILLIAM SCOTTReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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