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1) Dracula
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Having deduced the double identity of Count Dracula, a wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
Author
Series
Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From appearances in films and animated features to interpretations as a Muppet and breakfast cereal mascot, Dracula has been the inspiration for many other fictional vampires and is now an established figure in pop culture. Created by Bram Stoker in his 1897 Gothic horror novel, Count Dracula is a nobleman who uses his powers as a vampire to dominate his victims. Even though Dracula didn't succeed in the novel, the fictional character has lived on...
Author
Series
Dorina Basarab series volume 1
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
7) Battle lines
Author
Series
Department 19 volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Description
Department 19 is still recovering from the evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov's attack on their base. Then comes a global attack on a number of prisons and hospitals, Dracula is getting stronger and bringing zero hour closer.
Series
Popular culture and philosophy volume 90
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
John C. Altmann decides whether Dracula can really be blamed for his crimes, since it's his nature as a vampire to behave a certain way. Robert Arp argues that Dracula's addiction to live human blood dooms him to perpetual frustration and misery. John V. Karavitis sees Dracula as a Randian individual pitted against the Marxist collective. Greg Littmann maintains that if we disapprove of Dracula's behavior, we ought to be vegetarians. James Edwin Mahon...
12) Dracula's child
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Evil never truly dies...and some legends live forever. The dark heart of Bram Stoker's classic is reborn; capturing the voice, tone, style and characters of the original yet with a modern sensibility this novel is perfect for fans of Dracula and contemporary horror. It has been some years since Jonathan and Mina Harker survived their ordeal in Transylvania and, after vanquishing Count Dracula, returned to England to try and live ordinary lives. But...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Virna, where he lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Virna, bringing with him death and plague.
15) Zero hour
Author
Series
Department 19 volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Description
When Jamie Carpenter's mother is kidnapped by strange creatures, he finds himself dragged into Department 19, the government's most secret agency. Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and to kill the vampires who want him dead. But unfortunately for everyone, something much older is stirring, something even Department 19 can't stand up against...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Duckworth
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An English translation of a recently discovered Icelandic adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula" includes new characters, a re-worked plot, and annotations that provide literary, cultural, and historical context.
In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, "Powers of Darkness"), this Icelandic edition included an original...
17) A dowry of blood
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A Dowry of Blood is a saga of obsession, desire and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The author of Dracula daily, an email newsletter that remixes the text of Bram Stoker's book into date order, presents the remixed text of the original book, along with humorous chapter headers and a curated selection of memes, commentary, and fan art contributed by the newsletter's readers.
"While at home in 2020 reading Bram Stoker's DRACULA with his family, Matt Kirkland realized that every part of the classic novel included a date. Why not put...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania. Dracula's rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn't showing signs of being a vampire.
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