Shiver-by-the-sea 1: bella and the vampire - erin dionne

For fans of Eerie , Elementary , Bailey School Kids , and The Notebook of Doom , the first book in a magical, spooky new chapter book series about friendship, community restoration and involvement, and helping your neighbors .

even if some of them may be monsters.

Bella Gossi just moved from New York City to the Massachusetts beach town of Shiver-by-the-Sea to live with her Uncle Van.

Bellas excited about helping her mom fix up the old movie theater, but shes already missing her old home and her old friends, and just driving through downtown, its pretty clear that this place has seen better days.

After meeting Cooper and his adorable basset hound, Casper, things start looking up.

But when mom tasks them with clearing out an old trunk from the theater and picking the first movie theyll show, thats when the trouble begins.

Out of the trunk pops a bat! But not just any bat .

a kid vampire.

A very hungry, very scared kid vampire, whos lost and doesnt know how to get home to his family.

Bella and Cooper are a little frightened at first, too, but soon theyre on a mission to help Bram find his way home, because thats what real friends do.