Allies of the Night
Allies of the Night
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Annotation: Algebra class, two old friends, and a creature with deadly hands test Darren's determination as he travels to Mr. Crepsley's home town to search for the murderous vampaneze.
Genre: [Horror fiction]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #8276
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
Copyright Date: 2002
Edition Date: 2005 Release Date: 09/01/05
Pages: 209 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-316-11437-5 Perma-Bound: 0-605-03760-4
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-316-11437-0 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-03760-1
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2004044151
Dimensions: 21 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book (Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2005)

Still ostensibly seeking his fated mortal confrontation with the Vampaneze Lord, half-vampire Darren Shan gets distracted: forced by a paper-thin plot device to attend school, he meets an old girlfriend, now aged into one of his teachers. The short attention spans of both author and narrator guarantee a haphazard story filled with plot holes, clichéd contrivance, and whiplash-inducing emotional swings.

School Library Journal

Gr 6-8-Darren Shan, a 21st-century vampire prince, and his friends, Mr. Crepsley and Harkat, are on a quest to stop the Lord of the Vampaneze. When a series of murders takes place in Mr. Crepsley's hometown, they stop the search for the evil lord to look for the murderer, whom they suspect is also vampaneze. School officials become aware that Darren, who looks like a 15-year-old despite actually being 20+, is in town, and he is forced to attend school. His English teacher, Debbie Hemlock, is his ex-girlfriend, all grown-up. Darren is attacked by a hooked-hand creature and is saved by his childhood friend, Steve. Soon, acquaintances and classmates are being slain, and Darren, Mr. Crepsley, and Harkat, as well as Debbie and Steve, begin tracking the killer through underground tunnels. This horror/mystery tale takes a strange twist when Steve's motives to aid the friends are exposed and Debbie is taken hostage. The plot moves slowly until the killings begin, but then the story takes off. Darren is a likable hero, but other characters are not well developed. Gory fight and murder scenes and some profanity are included, but are in keeping with the story line. Fans of the series will enjoy this cliff-hanger and look forward to the next installment.-Heather Ver Voort, Washington West Elementary, Olean, NY Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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Horn Book (Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2005)
School Library Journal
Voice of Youth Advocates
Word Count: 40,187
Reading Level: 5.3
Interest Level: 5-9
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.3 / points: 6.0 / quiz: 82196 / grade: Middle Grades+
Reading Counts!: reading level:5.2 / points:11.0 / quiz:Q37679
Lexile: 820L
Guided Reading Level: Y
Fountas & Pinnell: Y

Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and "vampaneze" killer, faces his worst nightmare yet--school. But homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up. Time is running out. And the past is catching up with the hunters fast.


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