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  Contents

  Title Page

  An Eerie E-mail

  The Late-Night Visitor

  Vampire Troubles

  Monsters, Here We Come!

  Billy-Willy Joins the Mission

  The Haunted Castle

  The Secret Passage

  It’s a Trapdoor!

  The Secrets of the Secret Room

  A Mysterious Clue

  Don’t Pull That Lever!

  Dangers and Tunnels

  The Owl Tower

  Now It Makes Sense!

  Sign Here, Vampire!

  Off with the Sheet!

  A Frightening Finale

  The Perfect Present

  Sneak Peek

  Other Books

  Mysterious Valley

  Cacklefur Castle

  Copyright

  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the copyright holder. For information regarding permission, please contact: Atlantyca S.p.A., Via Leopardi 8, 20123 Milan, Italy; e-mail [email protected], www.atlantyca.com.

  eISBN: 978-0-545-41477-7

  Copyright © 2011 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2012 by Atlantyca S.p.A.

  GERONIMO STILTON names, characters, and related indicia are copyright, trademark, and exclusive license of Atlantyca S.p.A. All rights reserved. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

  Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami.

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  Text by Geronimo Stilton

  Original title Un vampiro da salvare!

  Cover by Giuseppe Ferrario (pencils and inks) and Giulia Zaffaroni (color)

  Illustrations by Ivan Bigarella (pencils and inks) and Daria Cerchi (color)

  Graphics by Yuko Egusa

  Special thanks to Tracey West

  Translated by Lidia Morson Tramontozzi

  Interior design by Elizabeth Frances Herzog

  First printing, August 2012

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