Description: Enter the dark, magical world of The House of Night, a world where vampyres have always existed. Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been Marked as a fledgling vampyre and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampire. That is, if she makes it through the Change--and not all of those who are Marked do.

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Children's Literature Review: One day after school, Zoey gets marked by a vampire tracker. This means she must travel to the House of Night, where she either will be trained to become an adult vampire or she will die, if her body rejects the change. Zoey's mother and stepfather do not understand the biology behind what is happening, so they call their psychiatrist and prayer group. In the meantime, Zoey escapes out a window and runs away to her Cherokee grandmother. Zoey wakes up in the House of Night. There, the High Preistess Neferet takes Zoey under her wing. She is especially interested in Zoey because the fledgling girl's crescent moon-shaped mark. In the House of Night, Zoey instantly attracts unwanted negative attention from Aphrodite, a girl in training to be a high priestess who has decided that Zoey is a threat. At the same time, Zoey gathers allies, including her roommate Stevie and her friends. Zoey wants to stand up to the controlling bully head on. Even in vampire finishing school, there are injustice...

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