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An ALA Morris Award Finalist
In this equal parts heartbreaking and joyful School Library Journal debut YA novel thats The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father
Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer its clear thats not going to happen Instead Victoria vows to find a vampire herselfso that she can become one and then save her father
Armed with research speculations and desperationand helped by her estranged best friend HenryVictoria travels to New Orleans in search of a miracle There she meets Nicholas a mysterious young man who might give her what she desires But first he needs Victoria to prove she loves life enough to live forever
She agrees to complete a series of challenges from scarfing sugardrenched beignets to singing with a jazz band all to show she has what it takes to be immortal But truly living while her father is dying feels like a betrayal Victoria must figure out how to experience joy and grief at once trusting all the while that Nicholas will hold up his end of the bargainbecause the alternative is too impossible to imagine
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