Vlad finally has his Bat Licence but his mother now wants him to have super-strength – or it's off to the Black Tower with him! If only he could show her how funny he is in the school play with Minxie. But he has to keep his human friends a secret from his parents, and being a vampire secret from the humans. Then, when he suddenly turns into a bat at school, all his secrets are revealed...

"A warm story with engaging illustrations, perfect for first readers but with plenty more for those who read to themselves" Fleur Hitchcock, author of MURDER IN MIDWINTER

"Battily brilliant and blood-suckingly silly" Catherine Bruton, author of I PREDICT A RIOT