Blood and Chocolate - Hardcover

Klause, Annette Curtis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385323050 ISBN 13: 9780385323055

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

The story of sixteen-year-old Vivian Gandillon, the daughter of a family of werewolves, follows her struggle to find a place in two very different worlds. By the author of The Silver Kiss.

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Review:

" Klause's imagery is magnetic and her language fierce, rich, and beautiful... [a] powerful, unforgettable novel."
"--Booklist," starred
" [A] fierce, suspenseful chiller."
"--Kirkus Reviews"
" ...as addictive as chocolate."
"--Publishers Weekly"
" Gripping, thrilling, and original." -- "School Library Journal," Starred

& quot; Klause's imagery is magnetic and her language fierce, rich, and beautiful... [a] powerful, unforgettable novel.& quot;
--Booklist, starred
& quot; [A] fierce, suspenseful chiller.& quot;
--Kirkus Reviews
& quot; ...as addictive as chocolate.& quot;
--Publishers Weekly
& quot; Gripping, thrilling, and original.& quot; -- School Library Journal, Starred

"Klause's imagery is magnetic and her language fierce, rich, and beautiful... [a] powerful, unforgettable novel."
--Booklist, starred
" [A] fierce, suspenseful chiller."
--Kirkus Reviews
..".as addictive as chocolate."
--Publishers Weekly
"Gripping, thrilling, and original."--School Library Journal, Starred

About the Author:

Annette Curtis Klause, a self-professed fan of horror, science fiction and fantasy, read her first vampire book when she was 14; it was Jane Gaskell's The Shining Narrow Grin. "I was enthralled," she says, and immediately began fantasizing about the book.
Klause, who is currently head of children's services at the Aspen Hill Community Library in Maryland, had been a member of a biweekly writing group, mostly writing picture books, when the group's "mentor" encouraged her to write a novel. While deciding on a subject, she "remembered the vampires," and after years of work, and six rejections, her highly acclaimed The Silver Kiss was published. Her second novel, Alien Secrets, features a main character whom Klause calls "a rather feisty

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0385323050
• ISBN 13: 9780385323055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264