Night Runner by Max Turner

This tween supernatural thriller is about a boy who suddenly finds out he's a vampire. Zack has been living in a mental institution ever since his father died. He sleeps during the day and is awake during the night because he's allergic to the sun. He can only eat a special smoothie his nurse makes for him because he's allergic to most foods. He spends his days--er, nights--watching TV and exercising, and sometimes he gets to see his friend Charlie, his one connection to the outside world.

Then one day a crazy old man on a motorcycle literally crashes into the mental hospital, grabs Zack and tells him to run. And so, more or less, Zack starts running. As he is pursued by cops who aren't cops, he finds an uncle he never knew he had, learns the truth about who his father was, and (of course) learns the truth about himself--that he was infected with vampirism eight years ago.

Now Zack has to enlist the aid of Charlie and a few other characters he meets along the way to escape the people who are chasing him and figure out how to manage his life as a vampire.

This is a pretty cute, intense little book. I say cute because it really is written for tweens. Despite this being a thriller, there's nothing graphic written in the book. I found it to be a solid storyline, if a bit lacking in detail at some points. I might recommend it to a twelve-year-old, but not for an adult. It's just too childish.

~6/10~