How To Be A Vampire in One Easy Lesson

HOW TO BE A VAMPIRE IN ONE EASY LESSON

WHAT’S WORSE THAN STEVIE BRICKWALD, THE BULLY STEVIE BRICKWALD, THE VAMPIRE!

When class creep Stevie starts acting friendly toward the monster kids, Danny smells a rat. Stevie says he wants C.D. Bitesky to teach him how to be a vampire. Danny’s other monster friends seem to think it’s a good idea.

Danny’s not so sure. Are his friend just playing a big trick on Stevie the bully? Or could those vampire lessons really be working?

Welcome to P.S. 13 and the crazy classroom of THE FIFTH GRADE MONSTERS!

Mel Gilden is the author of many children's books, some of which received rave reviews in such places as School Library Journal and Booklist. Licensed properties include adaptations of feature films, and of TV shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210; and NASCAR Racers. He has also written books based on video games and has written original stories based in the Star Trek universe. His short stories have appeared in many original and reprint anthologies. He has written cartoons for TV, has developed new shows, and was assistant story editor for the DIC television production of The Real Ghostbusters. He consulted at Disney and Universal, helping develop theme park attractions. Gilden spent five years as co-host of the science-fiction interview show, Hour-25, on KPFK radio in Los Angeles. Gilden lectures to school and library groups, and has been known to teach fiction writing. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where the debris meets the sea, and still hopes to be an astronaut when he grows up.