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At First Bite

Aimee Friedman (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesPoison Apple #8
Setting
CSM age10
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Bullying

Positive tags

MysteryComing of AgeSelf-DiscoveryFish out of Water

Hero archetypes

Outcast / Loner

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Vampire ProtagonistComing-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Fish out of WaterUrban FantasyMysteryComing of AgeOutcast / LonerHidden Identity

Themes

IdentityFitting inSelf-AcceptanceMysteryOtherness

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old vampire Ashlee Lambert moves from New York to sunny Los Angeles, where she must deal with vicious cliques, awful sunburns, and a mystery of disappearing classmates that Ashlee must solve.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyMysteryMiddle Grade Horror