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    Eddie and the Vegetarian Vampire | Dedicated Review

    Book Review of Eddie and the Vegetarian Vampire
    Dr. Jen HarrisonBy Dr. Jen Harrison3 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Ages 9-12 Author Showcase Fantasy: Supernatural Fiction Halloween Books Novels for Kids and Teens
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    Eddie and the Vegetarian Vampire

    Written by Dennis M. Desmond

    Illustrated by Jan Miller

    Ages 8+ | 249 Pages

    Publisher: Saguaro Books LLC | ISBN-13: 9781088063293

    What to Expect: Friendship, orphans, family, belonging, vegetarianism

    Set in 1940s Boston and written with dark humor reminiscent of Bugsy Malone, Eddie and the Vegetarian Vampire is both touching and hilariously funny.

    Being an orphan is tragic, but Eddie is even more tragic than the other orphans because he is pudgy and shortsighted, ineligible for adoption, fond of vocabulary, and in love with one of the nuns. Then, Eddie gets a shock – it turns out the bat he’s made friends with in the orphanage basement is actually a vampire. Not just any vampire either; Count Bloodless is a vegetarian vampire, and he’s starving.

    Eddie’s not sure how a vampire can be vegetarian, nor why his accent is so strange. Still, one thing he is sure about is that being a cast-out vegetarian vampire is even more tragic than being an unadoptable orphan with glasses. When a vampire-hunting monk turns up, Eddie decides he must help Count Bloodless, and in turn, the Count may be able to help Eddie unravel his secret past. As a tragic orphan, you have to take your friends where you find them.

    Readers will love Eddie’s candid insights about life as an orphan, his sharp wit, and the absurdity of his vegetarian vampire friend’s antics (there are consequences if you choose to live mostly on beans). Along the way, they’ll also pick up some impressive vocabulary (“phenomenal” and “egregious”) and some thought-provoking ideas about what it means to belong, to fit in, and to be loved. The ending is hopeful without being saccharine, leaving readers to wonder for themselves where Eddie will end up after the orphanage.

    Eddie and the Vegetarian Vampire is sweet, funny, and thought-provoking – perfect for Halloween reading.

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    Dennis M. Desmond is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and the Antioch School of Law. Eddie and the Vegetarian Vampire is his debut novel. The father of three adult children, he lives with his wife in the Washington, DC, area. 

    For more information, visit https://www.dennismdesmond.com/.

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    Dr. Jen Harrison provides writing and research services as the CEO of Read.Write.Perfect. She completed her Ph.D. in Children’s and Victorian Literature at Aberystwyth University in Wales, in the UK. After a brief spell in administration, Jen then trained as a secondary school English teacher and worked for several years teaching Secondary School English, working independently as a private tutor of English, and working in nursery and primary schools. She has been an editor for the peer-reviewed journal of children’s literature, Jeunesse, and has published academic work on children’s non-fiction, YA speculative fiction, and the posthuman.

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