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1Fang Girl is a young adult novel by Helen Keeble. It was published in 2012. The book tells the story of Jane Greene, a teenager ([[BackFromTheDead formerly]]) living in England with an obsession with vampires who wakes up in a coffin after being sired by Lily. Jane returns to her family and is embroiled in a civil war between her sire, the ancient vampire Hakon and an obsessive vampire slayer.
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4!!The book contains examples of:
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6* FanGirl: Jane and Sarah for vampires.
7* EmbarrassingFirstName: Jane (Xanthe), Zack (James) and Van.
8* HandyFeet: Jane has to dial a phone with her toes when her hands are chained up in the back of Van's car.
9* MadScientist: Jane's mother has tendencies of this after Jane is turned, offering Jane live animals from the pet store, reading every book she can find and injecting Jane's blood into a goldfish.
10* OurVampiresAreDifferent
11** Vampires are created by giving them blood.
12** Siring animals, such as Brains (a goldfish) and [[spoiler: Ebon's sire]] is seen by vampire culture as unnatural.
13** {{Dhampyr}}: Van. [[spoiler: And Bram Stoker]]
14* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Hakon, the BigBad, is a centuries-old vampire, but is physically a 7-8 year-old boy.]]
15* ThemeNaming: The Helsing family, in tribute to Bram Stoker are all named after characters in {{Literature/Dracula}}. Van, Quincey and Lucy.

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