Thirteen year old Margaret battles poverty, her school principal, and a determined murderer in the richest town in America.As Margaret's unwanted menstrual celebration party approaches she seems a typical thirteen year old of a fourth generation Mormon family. Except that her innocent boyfriend is facing jail, her girlfriend is sleeping with the notorious art teacher, Mr. Cylinder, and she fears that the next body which the police discover will be hers.But Margaret has allies too: wealthy respectable Aunt Lena, who had been expelled from high school for selling marijuana; a disabled lawyer,...

Margaret is confronted by a classmate during a charity event. "My stepfather is a vampire and you must help me to kill him," Velda begs. Sensing disbelief, Velda invites Margaret to visit her home and to see for herself. Murders begin, these being described as "vampire deaths" because of their symptoms, and terror spreads from Greenwich across America. Margaret's fear increases when the brutally tortured body of Velda's mother is found. But Margaret has allies too: Vladimir, a former general in Russia's Presidential Security Service; Erika, the only child of Greenwich's billionaire widower;...

Margaret at Barnard is Book Ten in the Margaret of Greenwich(r) Young Adult series. Margaret's first year at Barnard is far from calm: "My brother disappeared ten years ago and only I believe him alive," Margaret's roommate says, and Margaret discovers a pistol hidden within a box of tampons; a murderous father seeks custody of his child; and rioting explodes against a pregnant student's expulsion. But Margaret has allies too: Vladimir, a former general in Russia's Presidential Security Service, who considers her a daughter; Charlotte, the kindly, dedicated doctor for whom she babysits; a...