Saturday, October 29, 2011

Blood and Chocolate



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Klause, Annette. Blood and Chocolate. New York: Laurel-Leaf Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1999.

Annotation:  A young female werewolf finds love in the arms of a human.  She must choose between her desires and what is right for the good of all her wolf pack. 


Awards: 

ALA Best Books for Young Adults - Winner 1998
ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant ReadersWinner 1998 
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
Nominee 1999
South Carolina Children's Book Award - Winner 1998
Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading ListWinner 1998

Book Talk:  Vivian Gandillon is young, beautiful and a werewolf.  The men within her wolf pack want her, desire her, but she is disgusted by their very presence.  She finds a human boyfriend that is “open” to the unknown and unlike her fellow werewolves, he is gentle and kind.  Will this human accept Vivian for all that she is or will her wolf pack decide otherwise?




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