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Vampires, Vampires, Vampires . . . ON A PLANE! Jett Torrens thought this would be the flight of a lifetime. But it just might be his last. High over the Pacific Ocean, he discovers something terrifying. There are vampires on this plane. Lots of vampires. And...
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Vampires, Vampires, Vampires . . . ON A PLANE!
Jett Torrens thought this would be the flight of a lifetime. But it just might be his last.
High over the Pacific Ocean, he discovers something terrifying. There are vampires on this plane. Lots of vampires. And they're hungry.
Trapped at 40,000 feet with nowhere to run, Jett has one chance to do the impossible. Stop these bloodsuckers and save the pilots - or become an in-flight snack . . .
Experience the thrilling adventure in Bloodsuckers by Steve Worland.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781761352935
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 September 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 1.0mm
Width: 1.0mm
Height: 1.0mm
Weight: 1g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Steve Worland has worked extensively in film and television in Australia and the USA. He wrote the screenplay for the smash hit Australian family film Paper Planes with director Robert Connolly, won the ACCTA award for best original screenplay for the same film, and adapted the movie into a bestselling novel for young readers. Steve has written screenplays for Working Title, Icon Productions and The Jim Henson Company, worked in script development for James Cameron's Lightstorm and wrote Fox Searchlight's Bootmen, which won five ACCTA awards. Steve also wrote the action-comedy telemovie Hard Knox for New Line Television, episodes of the Southern Star action series Big Sky and the Saturn award-winning Farscape. He is the author of the action-adventure novels Velocity, Combustion and Quick as well as the charity joke book The Bloke-a-saurus, which he wrote with his brother, Gus.
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