Loyalty meant nothing to Vlad Dracula, a Transylvanian prince who'd sacrifice anything to stay in power. He ruled with a thirst forblood so terrible that the most famous vampire in literature was named after him.

• Engaging biographies of famous and infamous figures in history
• Sophisticated design will attract high-school and middle-school struggling readers, yet on-target reading levels make these books accessible to readers of all levels
• Controlled vocabulary and sentence length make these books highly readable
• Directly correlated to Social Studies Standards for Middle and High School