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|title=The Vampire Blog
|sort=Vampire Blog, The
|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Humorous take on all things bitey as poor Marcus discovers his half-vampire heritage. Easy to read and filled with Johnson's throwaway one liners, the horror element is at a level perfect for late primary school readers. Pete Johnson was kind enough to be [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Pete Johnson|interviewed by Bookbag]].
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|paperback=0440869358
|pages=240
|publisher=Yearling
|date=May 2010
|isbn=0440869358
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>0440869358</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=0440869358|aznus=<amazonus>0440869358</amazonus>
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But what Marcus doesn't know is that his life is in terrible danger...
You can't knock a Pete Johnson book. They're highly accessible and always au fait with current tween preoccupations, so they're perfect for readers looking for full -length books that don't take too much of a toll. but best of all, they are funny. It's the dialogue that really sparkles. Johnson's tween characters are always wry, ironic and dry, cracking jokes that their parents often miss but their readers notice with glee. They're also reluctant heroes, often geeky, and witty as they are they're often naive and clumsy, so we get an amount of slapstick humour too.
This is not to say that the horror element is completely window dressing - ''The Vampire Blog'' builds some real tension with the threat to Marcus, and there are some creepy scenes in the woods and some gruesome scenes with a goodly dollop of fangly terror.
My thanks to the good people at Yearling for sending the book.
You might also enjoy [[Home Sweet Horror Scary Tales 1 by James Preller and Iacopo Bruno]]. {{interviewtext|author=Pete Johnson}} {{amazontext|amazon=0440869358}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=76062310440869358}}
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