Summer Vamp
(A Graphic Novel)
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
What happens when a very human kid ends up at the wrong summer camp—FOR VAMPIRES?! This quirky and heart warming graphic novel about making friends and getting in trouble is perfect for fans of Witches of Brooklyn.
After a lackluster school year, Maya anticipates an even more disappointing summer. The only thing she’s looking forward to is cooking and mixing ingredients in the kitchen, which these days brings her more joy than mingling with her peers . . . that is until her dad's girlfriend registers her for culinary summer camp! Maya's summer is saved! . . . or not.
What was meant to be a summer filled with baking pastries and cooking pasta is suddenly looking a lot . . . paler?! Why do all of the kids have pointy fangs? And hate garlic? Turns out that Maya isn't at culinary camp—she's at a camp for VAMPIRES! Maya has a lot to learn if she's going to survive this summer . . . and if she's lucky, she might even make some friends along the way.
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Due to a bus mix-up, eight grader Maya—an aspiring chef with light brown skin and expressive anime-esque eyes—is sent to Camp Dracula instead of culinary Camp Umami in Karim's economical debut graphic novel. She already feels like an outsider in her own home now that her father has announced that his girlfriend, Charlotte, is moving in. Charlotte endears herself to Maya by suggesting that they send Maya to culinary camp for the summer. Maya's initial excitement falls flat, however, when a fellow camper informs her that they're on the way to a "regular summer camp"; worse, "garlic is strictly forbidden!" It isn't until Maya arrives at Camp Dracula that she realizes that she and her campmates have even less in common than she feared. Typical middle school woes rear their ugly head throughout Maya's stint living as a stealth human among vampires, especially when well-meaning bunkmate Abby's attempts to help Maya acclimate only makes things worse. Still, Maya's stay at Camp Dracula proves fruitful as she learns how to speak up for herself and how to accept one's differences. Seamlessly blending silliness and sentiment, Karim employs confident comic timing and tonal savvy, and clean-lined cartooning marks an enjoyable new talent for middle grade audiences. Ages 8–12.
