| Sunshine Contributor(s): McKinley, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0515138819 ISBN-13: 9780515138818 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: In her first novel for adults, the Newbery Medalist and bestselling author pens an exciting, beautifully written, erotic addition to the popular vampire genre. "A gripping, funny, page-turning, pretty much perfect work of magical literature."--Neil Gaiman. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Dark Fantasy - Young Adult Fiction | Vampires - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Paranormal |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 4.18" W x 6.87" (0.43 lbs) 405 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 75585 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From award-winning and national bestselling author, Robin McKinley, comes this dark, sensual vampire fairy tale. A gripping, funny, page-turning, pretty much perfect work of magical literature.--Neil Gaiman "Sunshine" is what everyone calls her. She works long hours in her family's coffeehouse, making her famous "Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head," Bitter Chocolate Death, Caramel Cataclysm, and other sugar-shock specials that keep the customers coming. She's happy in her bakery--which her stepfather built specially for her--but sometimes she feels that she should have life outside the coffeehouse. One evening she drives out to the lake to get away from her family, to be alone. There hasn't been any trouble at the lake for years. But there is trouble that night for Sunshine. She is abducted by a gang of vampires who shackle her to the wall of an abandoned mansion, within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight. Sunshine knows that he is a vampire and that she is to be his dinner. Yet when dawn breaks he has not attempted to harm her. And now he needs her help to survive the day... |