Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, were as close as two sisters could be -- until Livvy chose to become a vampire, leaving Destiny behind. Now Destiny will do anything to bring Livvy back to the family. But in Livvy's world of endless darkness, she knows there is only one way she and Destiny can be reunited -- Destiny must become a vampire too... Which sister will live to see the glow of the next full moon? Whose lips will savor the taste of night? Who will survive? Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Gr 7 Up This sequel to Dangerous Girls (HarperCollins, 2003) continues the adventures of fraternal twins Destiny, the responsible one, and Livvy, the wild one. A vampire had bitten both of them in the first book, but Destiny, unlike Livvy, refused to allow herself to be fully transformed. Their scientist father continues to try to find a cure as Livvy and Ross, an old crush of Destiny's whom Livvy has turned, live it up with their fellow vampires. They all hang out at nightclubs and attack and often kill unsuspecting teens, including Destiny's current boyfriend. Livvy loves her immortality, but things change when vampires start getting killed, including Ross. Is it the twins' father, a vampire hunter who has discovered their lair, or is it someone else? Livvy suspects Destiny and plots to get revenge. Stine's writing is flat and pedestrian with shallow, one-dimensional characters. Many of the graphic descriptions of horror are laughable, not scary. Despite numerous deaths and many acts of violence, the characters never seem affected by them. If they don't care, neither will readers. Purchase only where the first book was popular and recommend Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss (Delacorte, 1990) or Vivian Vande Velde's Companions of the Night (Harcourt, 1995) instead. Sharon Rawlins, Piscataway Public Library, NJ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

Gr. 6-12. Stine may have his critics, but what he does, he does well. Short dialogue and quickly moving action carry this entry in his Dangerous Girls series. Livvy and her scientist father believe they can reclaim Destiny, Livvy's sister, from the vampire life, but Destiny chose her fate freely, and she is unwilling to come home. As Destiny's hunting brings her ever closer to people in her old life, Father prepares for his role as a vampire hunter, and Livvy hatches a dangerous plan to save her sister--and herself. Stine's vampires are more reminiscent of Anne Rice's Lestat than Annette Curtis Klaus' Zoe, but there's none of Rice's complex characterization or plotting. However, fans of vampire tales will be attracted by the cover and read on thanks to the fast pace. CindyWelch. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Robert Lawrence Stine is one of the best-selling children's authors in history. He began his writing career at the age of nine writing short stories, joke books, and comic books for his friends -- and has been at it ever since! After graduating from Ohio State University, R.L. moved to New York to become a writer. He wrote joke books and humor books and created Bananas, a zany humor magazine, before he turned to the scary. R.L. lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane, and their son, Matthew Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Part 1 July
Chapter 1 My Sister is a Vampire	3
Chapter 2 "Can You Kill Your Own Daughter?"	8
Chapter 3 The Vampire Hunt	13
Chapter 4 "Good-bye, Livvy"	17
Part 2 One month earlier
Chapter 5 Livvy's Graduation Party	23
Chapter 6 Night Birds	29
Part 3 Earlier that day
Chapter 7 The Evil at Home	39
Chapter 8 "The Monster Did It"	46
Chapter 9 The Vampire in the Tree	51
Chapter 10 Is Livvy in the House?	55
Chapter 11 Rip	59
Part 4
Chapter 12 Livvy's New Love	71
Chapter 13 A Surprise Reunion	76
Chapter 14 The Taste of Night	80
Chapter 15 "I'm Not Just a Vampire"	84
Chapter 16 Destiny Flies	87
Chapter 17 Trouble at Ari's House	93
Chapter 18 Who Is the Next Victim?	102
Part 5 Two weeks later
Chapter 19 "Maybe He's Just What I Need"	111
Chapter 20 "Now You Think I'm a Psycho Nut"	119
Chapter 21 Dad Might Kill Livvy	123
Chapter 22 One Evil Dawn	128
Chapter 23 "I Want to Go Back to My Old Life"	134
Chapter 24 A Death in the Vampire Family	140
Chapter 25 "It Won't Be Pretty"	144
Chapter 26 "I'd Like to Tear Destiny to Bits"	147
Chapter 27 Blood on Her Lips	150
Chapter 28 Livvy's Revenge	154
Part 6
Chapter 29 The Party Crasher	159
Chapter 30 Livvy and Harrison	164
Chapter 31 "You're Still Connected to Your Sister"	167
Chapter 32 A Date with a Vampire	171
Chapter 33 Harrison and Livvy	178
Chapter 34 Destiny and Patrick	182
Chapter 35 An Evil Creature of the Night	187
Chapter 36 An Unexpected Murder	190
Chapter 37 The Real Murderer	197
Part 7 Night of the full moon
Chapter 38 Harrison's Big Date	203
Chapter 39 Destiny Surprises Patrick	207
Chapter 40 Livvy Surprises Patrick	213
Chapter 41 A Vampire Must Die	216
Chapter 42 "One Last Kiss ... Before I Kill You"	219
Chapter 43 Thicker Than Blood	223

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