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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Kiss of Blood : A Novel
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'When John moves to the city with his family, he has no idea quite how much his life is about to change. He befriends the boy next door, Gino, whose Italian family seem enormously exotic. One evening, John, while riding his bike home, is mysteriously attacked by a swarm of bats. The incident raises the suspicions of Gino's grandmother who begins muttering darkly about the evil eye and vampires, which John and Gino find hilarious - at first. Then, they meet Elizabeth, Lavinia and their friends who are cute but something about them seems strange. And when the boys are trapped in an old house by a savage storm suddenly the girls appear and the boys begin to see the reasons for the Grandmother's suspicions.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 1999 .
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      Extent: 184p.
      ISBN: 1863682643

Works about this Work

Untitled Shelda Debowski , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 44 no. 2 2000; (p. 26)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Fran Knight , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 3 1999; (p. 29)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Rosemary Worssam , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 7 no. 3 1999; (p. 48)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
A Transparent Excuse Stephen Matthews , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 216 1999; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel ; Foreign Devil Christine Harris , 1999 single work novel
Strange Mix Sandy Campbell , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 1999; (p. 21)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Shelda Debowski , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 44 no. 2 2000; (p. 26)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Fran Knight , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 3 1999; (p. 29)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
Strange Mix Sandy Campbell , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 1999; (p. 21)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
A Transparent Excuse Stephen Matthews , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 216 1999; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel ; Foreign Devil Christine Harris , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Rosemary Worssam , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 7 no. 3 1999; (p. 48)

— Review of Kiss of Blood : A Novel Strephyn Mappin , 1999 single work novel
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