Age Group: 9 - 12 Years

Description:

Defanged is a clever, timely, and deeply warm middle-grade fantasy from H.E. Edgmon, set in a Brooklyn where vampires are a known — if not always welcome — part of society. Twelve-year-old Lux Priddy is a regular kid: he goes to school, loves dogs, and hangs out with his best friend Emma. He just also happens to be a vampire. When an organisation called Vampirism Sucks develops a "cure" and the pressure mounts for Lux to undergo the Defanging procedure, he isn't sure he wants it — this is the only life he has ever known. A last-minute escape leads him deep into a hidden underground vampire city, where everything he was taught about "bad" vampires begins to unravel. A multiple starred-review recipient and a SLJ Best Book of 2025. Uses vampire identity as a rich, resonant allegory. Recommended for readers aged 9–12.