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	Gardner, Whitney. FAKE BLOOD New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018 IL 5-8 ISBN 978-1-48149-556-1 (3 booktalks)
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 Middle schooler AJ has a crush on a girl in his class. But compared to some of the kids in his class, he feels very boring and he doesn't think she would be interested. When they are paired up in class, AJ knows this is his chance. He knows she is obsessed with vampires and he decides to pretend to be one. He "borrows" his sister's make up to look paler. He tries on fangs left over from Halloween but they only fall apart. He learns about fake blood and starts putting it in his mouth. And it works. She thinks he is a vampire. But will things turn out like he thinks they will? Booktalk #2 AJ has been wondering for years how to get ultra-cool Nia’s attention. When he finds out about her obsession with vampire lore, he decides to try something really different-- he pretends to be a vampire. As they work together on a project, they become friends. That is, until AJ’s plan works better than he predicted and Nia reveals that she sees herself as a vampire slayer. How can AJ convince her that it is not her destiny to hunt him? (Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award 2019 - 2020) Booktalk #3 Sixth grader AJ begins a new school year feeling inferior compared to his friends, Ivy and Hunter, who brag about their amazing summer adventures while AJ has spent his summer reading every day. Life suddenly seems brighter when his partner on a project about Transylvania is cute bookworm Nia, the girl he secretly likes, who happens to be obsessed with vampires. AJ, longing to impress Nia, dons an outrageous vampire costume, fake blood and all, only to dis-cover that Nia is a slayer. Hilarious plot twists, amusing characters, and encounters with a real vampire catapult the reader through this entertaining graphic novel to a satisfying ending. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021)
	SUBJECTS: Vampires -- Comic books, strips, etc. Middle schools -- Comic books, strips, etc. Books and reading -- Comic books, strips, etc. Schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Gardner, Whitney.
FAKE BLOOD
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018
IL 5-8
ISBN 978-1-48149-556-1

(3 booktalks)

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Booktalk #1

Middle schooler AJ has a crush on a girl in his class. But compared to some of the kids in his class, he feels very boring and he doesn't think she would be interested. When they are paired up in class, AJ knows this is his chance. He knows she is obsessed with vampires and he decides to pretend to be one. He "borrows" his sister's make up to look paler. He tries on fangs left over from Halloween but they only fall apart. He learns about fake blood and starts putting it in his mouth. And it works. She thinks he is a vampire. But will things turn out like he thinks they will?

Booktalk #2

AJ has been wondering for years how to get ultra-cool Nia’s attention. When he finds out about her obsession with vampire lore, he decides to try something really different-- he pretends to be a vampire. As they work together on a project, they become friends. That is, until AJ’s plan works better than he predicted and Nia reveals that she sees herself as a vampire slayer. How can AJ convince her that it is not her destiny to hunt him? (Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award 2019 - 2020)

Booktalk #3

Sixth grader AJ begins a new school year feeling inferior compared to his friends, Ivy and Hunter, who brag about their amazing summer adventures while AJ has spent his summer reading every day. Life suddenly seems brighter when his partner on a project about Transylvania is cute bookworm Nia, the girl he secretly likes, who happens to be obsessed with vampires. AJ, longing to impress Nia, dons an outrageous vampire costume, fake blood and all, only to dis-cover that Nia is a slayer. Hilarious plot twists, amusing characters, and encounters with a real vampire catapult the reader through this entertaining graphic novel to a satisfying ending. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021)

SUBJECTS:

Vampires -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Middle schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Books and reading -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.