FROM THE COVER

Longer than Vampires in the Lemon Grove but shorter than Carmilla, Gracie tells the story of a little girl who just won’t feed.

 

Eight years old is when vampires come of age and soon it’s Gracie’s turn. The trouble is, she’s missing her mum—and she won’t drink. Despite her stepfather’s best efforts to provide some much-needed sustenance, from rabbits to jelly beans to Gracie’s best friend, she grows ill and steadily declines. As her condition worsens, the family is forced to stage an intervention of an unusual, but poetic kind. Will Gracie drink before it’s too late? Can a vampire die twice? And will she ever see her mother again?

 

A tale of a father’s love, loss, and grief; a daughter’s stubbornness; and the peculiarities of a modern-day half-vampire family, Gracie is a story to make you weep—blood.