Vampires

by Nancy Garden

Examines the history and legends of the "undead" creatures who have reportedly roamed the earth since ancient times, sucking the blood of the living.

Genres: Nonfiction

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

A versatile writer, Nancy Garden has published books for children as well as for teens, nonfiction as well as fiction. But her novel Annie on My Mind, the story of two high school girls who fall in love with each other, has brought her more attention than she wanted when it was burned in front of the Kansas City School Board building in 1993 and banned from school library shelves in Olathe, Kansas, as well as other school districts. A group of high school students and their parents in Olathe had to sue the school board in federal district court in order to get the book back on the library shelves. Today the book is as controversial as ever, in spite of its being viewed by many as one of the most important books written for teens in the past forty years. In 2003 the American Library Association gave the Margaret A. Edwards Award to Nancy Garden for lifetime achievement.

In Remembrance: Nancy Garden

Reviews

[Todd Caldwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the most informative books about vampires I've read. Thin but densely packed. I read it as a kid and still remember a lot of it. Russian vampires can only be killed with an oak stake tipped with silver. Japanese vampires glow green. Then there's the invisible vampire. He can only be killed by his half-vampire son after the son strips and looks down his shirt sleeve. If you are researching vampires or just love vampires, you will find few resources as valuable.