And there I was, pretty as heck, brown eyes, a few freckles, fashion challenged, and a bad attitude. Max II.

The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies.

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

Don't ever leave me again." -Max I won't. I won't not ever." -Fang

I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time.

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true.

A classroom . People trying to stick me in classrooms was becoming as predictable and annoying as people trying to kill me, but with less-fun results.