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Children's Fiction Mysteries & Detective Stories

The Vampire's Visit

by (author) David A. Poulsen

Publisher
Key Porter Books
Initial publish date
Feb 2006
Category
Mysteries & Detective Stories, Fantasy & Magic, General
Recommended Age
10 to 13
Recommended Grade
4 to 7
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552637210
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $7.95

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In The Vampire's Visit, Salt and Pepper's visit to London, England takes an unexpected turn when they notice that garlic hangs at every window in their home away from home except theirs! Sure enough, a teenage vampire soon shows up and asks for their help. When they refuse, Christine's little brother Hal disappears--an event that soon embroils the dynamic duo in a full-fledged vampire gang war!

About the author

David A. Poulsen has been a broadcaster, teacher, professional cowboy, football coach, stage and film actor and—most of all—writer. His writing career began in earnest when his story The Welcomin’ won the 1984 Alberta Culture Short Story Competition. Now the author of 27 books, many for middle readers and young adults, David spends 60 to 80 days a year in classrooms and libraries across Canada (and beyond) as a visiting author/presenter. The UBC Creative Writing alumnus and former Writer in Residence at the Saskatoon Public Library recently made his inaugural foray into the world of adult crime fiction with Serpents Rising, the best-selling first book in the Cullen and Cobb Mystery series. There are now four titles in the series and the fourth—None So Deadly—hit bookstores in the spring of 2019. The Man Called Teacher, coming in 2019, is his first adult western. David lives on a small ranch in Alberta’s foothills where he and his wife Barb raise and train running-bred quarter horses for barrel racing competitions.

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Librarian Reviews

The Vampires Visit (The Salt and Pepper Chronicles)

Whether best friends, Salt (aka Christine) and Pepper (aka Patti) are travelling across the ocean or across town, predicaments they find themselves in are equally entertaining! A new series about the outrageous escapades of two young girls begins wonderfully with a pair of well- written adventures stories, which young readers – especially girls – will find very appealing. David A. Poulsen creates the characters of Salt and Pepper, a dynamic team, who are faced with unusual and quirky adventures. Poulsen constructs genuine characters within the books – especially in terms of the realistic and dysfunctional, yet comical, family relationships.

In The Vampires Visit, Pepper invites best friend, Salt and Salt’s little brother, Hal, on a summer family vacation to London, England. The trio set out from Alberta and are welcomed by a strange and eerie house and even stranger host. The vacation quickly turns into an off-the-wall vampire adventure when the group is faced with good, evil, black tunnels, vicious dogs and vampires who hold grudges.

Source: The Canadian Children's Bookcentre. Fall 2006. Vol.29 No. 4.

Vampire’s Visit (Salt & Pepper Chronicles)

The dynamic duo’s visit to London, England, takes an unexpected turn when Salt’s little brother disappears. Now they are caught up in a full-fledged vampire war!

Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2007.

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