Living a Lie

In the book The Cronicles of Vladimir Tod Eight Grade Bites by Heather Brewer. In this book Vladimir has to hide who he truly is from everyone around him. He has to go through many things just to hide who he is. Everyday he has to drink blood secretly. And everyday he feels like he has to drink other peoples blood.

In the book Vlad is picked on and tesed because people treat him like a goth kid. If I were him I would at least fight back, but Vlad knows that he can't because hes a vampire. In the book i feel like Vlad can't show his true potential around everyone else just because he is different. Vlad can do much more than other people but people don't realize it so they would pick on him. This book kind of reminds me of the movie The Incredibles how even though the kid wanted to compete in sports, he knew he couldn't because he had powers.

Vlad's one true friend is Henry. Henry spends all of his time with Vlad and even knows that vlad is a vampire. Henry is the only one who accepts Vlad for what he is and is still friends with him. This is an example of true friendship in the book. Even though your best friend is something that you don't expect them to be, it doesn't matter what they are. This kind of remindes me of the quote "Don't judge a book by its cover" and actually is somewhat like rasism.

I think that this book shows a very adventurous story line and shows how being a monster can change someones life, but true friendship can concure that all.