<P>The Van Helsing family has been hunting vampires for more than a hundred years, but sixteen-year-old Daphne just wants her family to settle down in one place. Instead, Daphne has resigned herself to a life of fast food, cheap motels, and buying garlic in bulk. <P>But when the Van Helsings are called to a coastal town in Maine, Daphne's world is turned upside down. Not only do the Van Helsings find themselves hunting a terrifying new kind of vampire (one without fangs but with a taste for kindergarten cuisine), Daphne meets her first potential boyfriend—but he's the son of the rival slayer family. What's a teen vampire slayer to do?