Ffangs lives with the other vampires on Vampire Island, but he is different from
the rest - he can't stand the sight of blood!
When he arrives in London,
everyone is too frightened to listen when he explains that he only wants to be
human. And soon he finds himself alone in Buckingham Palace to face Thomas the
Vampire Hunter . . .
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber & Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid and Birthday Letters. He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.