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sDerrick's Sanders Fiction Book Report: The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd-"8th Grade Bites"

The story of Vladimir Todd is a story about a teenage vampire trying to live a normal life with his Aunt Nelly. Vlad has one friend named Henry and has a crush on a girl named Meridith. A stranger named D'ablo is looking for Vlad to kill him and his father that is already dead. Vlad doesn't know all the secrets to being a vampire because he had a mother who was human.
 * 1.Plot**:

When Vlad needs to do a family tree assignment for school and searches his attic for photo albums. Vlad finds a secret cylinder that has unbelievable power that Vlad doesn't know how to use. At school, Vlad's teacher Mr. Craig, is absent and the substitute is a man named Mr. Otis. What Vlad doesn't know is that Mr.Otis is his uncle. Vlad later does a school project for Mr.Otis' and gets it back the next day with a note on it saying, "I know your a vampire."

Vlad and Mr.Otis finally come face to face with D'ablo. Just when Vlad is about to die, he uncovers the true power of the cylinder he found and kills D'ablo once and for all. After killing D'ablo, Vlad asks Mr.Otis if he can teach him all of the secrets of living as a vampire. Vlad also gets a symbol marked on the inside of his wrist from Mr. Otis. This tattoo marks him as a "true" vampire. On the last day of school, Vlad finds out he has been voted as vice president of the Elysia Council. This council is a vampire group that Vlad needs to learn more about.

The story takes place in a present time in small town named Bathroy, Massachusetts.
 * 2. Setting/Place:**

Vlad, Aunt Nelly, Mr.Otis, Henry, and D'ablo
 * 3**. **Characters:**

The conflict and problem deals with is Vlad's true identity as a vampire needs to be kept secret from his classmates at school. At that the same time, he is working to understand who he is an what is the right place for him. With being a vampire and not having parents around to explain all this to him. Vlad also has to worry about what D'ablo and Mr. Otis really want from him and why.
 * 4. Problem/Conflict:**

The climax of the story is when Vlad finally kills D'ablo and gets a true family member, his uncle (Mr. Otis), to help him understand how to live as a vampire.
 * 5.Climax:**

The theme of the book is about a young man in 8th grade who doesn't quite fit in, and who just happens to be a vampire. Just when his life seems to be getting worse, it's family that he doesn't know he has, that begins helping him through what he needs to know. They begin answering questions about his parents that died when he was too young to understand.
 * 6.Theme:**

The day after killing D' ablo with the cylinder, Vlad notices that the symbol on his father's journal, is glowing. This event ends the first book and leads the reader into the second book of adventures for Vlad where he needs to find more information about what he is and what he needs to know about being a vampire.
 * 7. Resolution:**

Derricks 2nd page!!

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