Kevin the Vampire: A Most Mysterious Monster

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The first spook-tacular instalment of a new series, Matt Brown’s Kevin the Vampire: A Most Mysterious Monster gifts monster-mad 7+-year-olds a feast of fang-tastic fun and frights aplenty, plus lightly-told, fang-bite-sized messages around celebrating difference and not being quick to judge others.

You’d never know ten-year-old Kevin was a vampire. Well, “apart from his fangs, obviously, And the fact that he didn’t cast a shadow. And that he was immortal”. So begins Kevin’s story in a witty style that’s maintained right the way through. En route to Monstros City to the Festival of Fear, unreliable batnav sees Kevin and his family sent off course into the human town of Lower Drudging.

Compelled to replenish their depleted coffers, they spring into spooky action and host a carnival.

Used to a rather more humdrum life, Lower Drudging resident Susie Cabbage is thrilled by news of the carnival, and she and Kevin become best buddies. But little does Susie know that Lower Drudging is anything but boring, and it falls to the plucky pals to handle the “You-Know-What” her townsfolk have long lived in fear of.

With characterful black-and-white illustrations from Flavia Sorrentino, and Monster Fact Files punctuating the action, Kevin the Vampire: A Most Mysterious Monster is a blast of empathy, energy and adventure, with whip-smart dialogue adding to its page-turning power.

Reviewed by Joanne Owen
Joanne Owen is a writer, reviewer and workshop presenter whose lifelong love of books began when she was growing up in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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About Kevin the Vampire: A Most Mysterious Monster

When Kevin and his family get stuck in a strange town, they accidentally wake up something OLD and VERY HUNGRY. It's up to Kevin to save everyone - or else! The first in a brilliantly funny fantasy adventure series.

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