Mezrich, V. (2009). Vampire is Just Not that Into You, The. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN-13: 9780545202381
ISBN-10: 0545202388
· Plot Summary
Author Vlad presents an amusing collection of quizzes and questionnaires to help every teen find her dream vampire. There are Top Ten lists, and language analysis, testimonials from 'real' teen girls that have dated (or are dating a vampire now), and explanations of how to find survive as a live teen without your vampire after the break-up. Also includes instructions on how to survive (literally) meeting his family, and fantastic vampire related recipes.
· Critical Evaluation
Tongue-in-cheek humor that most teens will appreciate, even the most die-hard vampire enthusiasts. Great collection of things to do, providing not only food for thought, but also guaranteed to keep teens eager about reading.
· Reader’s Annotation
Suitable for teens that date or plan to in the near future, with some enlightening material about human males as potential dates.
· Information about the author
Vlad Mezrich is a notoriously underground author, supposedly a genuine vampire with secrets to tell. Presumably for publicity reasons, nothing else about this author was released to the public.
· Genre
Fiction, Humor
· Curriculum Ties
N/A
· Booktalking Ideas
Teaching teens about self examination and expression. Vampire fans. Halloween reads.
· Reading Level/Interest Age
Grades 8-10/15-17
· Challenge Issues
Some parents that are worried about vampires being related to satanism or other such elements can be shown that this title is clearly written as humor, and nothing in it can be taken seriously as a means of finding a boyfriend among a collection of fictional creatures.
· Why did you include this book in you’re the titles you selected?
I am drawn to anything red, black, and white. As strange as it sounds, those have been my signature colors since before I was a teen, and usually anything with that combination draws me in. I'm also a vampire enthusiast, so one day while looking for a birthday gift for a friend with the same interest, I ran across this. I bought it for fun, because my daughter is too young to date, but it had us both laughing.
