Dracula
Bram Stoker
Jonathan Harker, a young English solicitor, travels to a castle in the mountains of Transylvania to help a mysterious nobleman, Count Dracula, buy a house in England. His host is polite, but there are no mirrors, no servants and some very strange rules, and Jonathan soon suspects he is not a guest but a prisoner.
- Length
- About 160,000 words
- To read it
- About 107 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 3
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why Dracula is on the list
- Year 9, Challenge. Demanding books for a strong reader who wants a real challenge.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.