Ninth Grade Slays is a novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 by Heather Brewer

Heather Brewer

Heather Brewer is an American writer of young adult fiction. Her debut series, The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, was published by Dutton Juvenile.-Publications:The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod:*Eighth Grade Bites...

, and the second of five books in the The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod collection. It is a continuation of the first book: Eighth Grade Bites

Eighth Grade Bites

Eighth Grade Bites is a novel written by Heather Brewer, centered on its main character Vladimir Tod, a vampire from birth.- Plot :Life is not easy for any thirteen-year-old, but when your mother was a human and your father was a vampire, and they were both killed in a fire, it's especially hard...

. Vladimir Tod (now in high school) faces new problems such as the bullied Edgar Poe trying to prove Vlad is a vampire

Vampire

Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...

 after Halloween

Halloween

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 night, the news a slayer is in town, and a mysterious vampire named Jasik hunting him down.

Plot

High school totally bites when you're half human and half vampire.

Freshman

Freshman

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 year sucks for Vladimir Tod. He gets harassed by bullies, doesn't have many friends, and now after he comes back from a trip from Siberia Russia, he has to watch out for some vampire slayer out after him. Things couldn't get much worse for Vladimir Tod.

Trivia

• It is revealed that there are actually nine Elysian Councils. They are found in Stokerton, London
  London
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  , Siberia
  Siberia
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  , Beijing
  Beijing
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  , Paris
  Paris
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  , Athens
  Athens
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  , Edinburgh
  Edinburgh
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  , Mexico City
  Mexico City
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  , and Cairo
  Cairo
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• It is also revealed that Otis is a wanted criminal to all councils but Siberia, and London (which he would be a criminal in once it gets confirmed by the Stokerton Council.)