Dracula (Step-Up Adventures) [Paperback]

Stephanie Spinner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 12, 1982 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up

String garlic by the window and hang a cross around your neck! The most powerful vampire of all time returns in our Stepping Stone Classic adaption of the original tale by Bran Stoker. Follow Johnathan Harker, Mina Harker, and Dr. Abraham van Helsing as they discover the true nature of evil. Their battle to destroy Count Dracula takes them from the crags of his castle to the streets of London... and back again.

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"Those who cannot find their own reflection in Bram Stoker's still-living creation are surely the undead."

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Sring garlic by the window and hang a cross around your neck!  The most powerful vampire of all time returns in our Stepping Stone Classic adaption of the original tale by Bran Stoker. Follow Johnathan Harker, Mina Harker, and Dr. Abraham van Helsing as they discover the true nature of evil.  Their battle to destroy Count Dracula takes them from the crags of his castle to the streets of London... and back again.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (April 12, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394848284
• ISBN-13: 978-0394848280
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #535,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bullseye Gurantees Young at heart will read it for sure, January 18, 2001

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Koonu (Bethesda, MD USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dracula (Step-Up Adventures) (Paperback)

This is another Bullseye, this time a chiller and not a classic like Les Miserable. However these series of books make classics and other heavy duty books palatable to the beginner in every budding reader in our homes. My 9 year old likes any Bullseye, so she finished this one in a couple of sittings and asked me to order RL Stevenson's 'Kidnapped' in the same series. I never thought Dracula is much of a story in written form, however it seems to have sustained her interest till the end. When will Bullseye come out with all the Harry Potters so I too can read them as small books and claim to have read them all !!

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dracula starter book, November 23, 2010

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Kim Hoag "Storysower" (Forest Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dracula (Step-Up Adventures) (Paperback)

I'm a 4th grade teacher and I use this Dracula with book groups who need a lower reading level (3.4 grade level). Even struggling readers will rise to the level because they want to know more about Dracula. It is very well rewritten, keeping the atmosphere of certain scenes (which is vital to a book like Dracula) and with fairly well described characters. The storyline, barebones as it is, is perfectly adequate without showing any missing parts or loose threads. Spinner, the adapter, still gives my kids a lot to chew on when it comes to good sentences and great descriptions.

Do not look for Renfield, Dracula's wives, or subplots. This book was meant for no higher than 3rd to 4th grade level, and, as such, it's a great book.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Stoker Spinoff, December 2, 2008

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Joseph Adams "brother" (Superior, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dracula (Step-Up Adventures) (Paperback)

This is an illustrated spinoff of Bram Stoker's Dracula. It's a lot shorter than Stoker's actual novel. By now I'm familiar with the Harker goes to Dracula's castle with Van Helsing intervening. The same basic story, almost follow's Bram Stoker's Dracula film scenne for scene.