The Journals Of Rupert Giles Volume 1
by Nancy Holder 
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Adaptations — Novelization 11)
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A novelization of three key episodes each of which features Buffy's English Watcher, Giles. Buffy Summers is hip, modern, and utterly immersed in pop culture. Rupert Giles is a traditional Englishman whose idea of bliss is a good book and a strong cup of tea. Difficult though it may be to come up with an odder couple, the duo have managed to avert their fair share of apocalypses. One thing they can't seem to conquer, however, is Buffy's bad birthday luck. At eighteen, she is subjected to a show more Watcher's Council Cruciamentum, a test of her ability to handle danger without the help of her Slayer powers. The rite, however, also tests Giles' attitude towards both his charge and his calling, and leaves their relationship on a rather different footing. One year on, when Buffy's friends throw her a surprise party for her nineteenth, Giles finds himself feeling useless and out of the loop, and an evening spent in the company of his one-time crony Ethan Rayne means that his problems are only just beginning. Giles are forced to re-examine the nature of blood ties and the definition of family - or risk losing a mutual loved one more important to them - and the fate of the world - than either ever imagined...Based on the episodes HELPLESS, A NEW MAN and BLOOD TIES. show lessTags
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Nancy Holder is the coauthor with Chistopher Golden of the original Watcher's Guide and several Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels, as well as numerous Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Salem's Tails books. (Publisher Provided) Nancy Holder was born in Los Altos, California. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer show more in Cologne, Germany. Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love. She is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award and has received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times. show less
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- Canonical title
- The Journals Of Rupert Giles Volume 1
- Original publication date
- 2002-02-01
- People/Characters
- Rupert Giles; Buffy Summers; Willow Rosenberg; Xander Harris; Ethan Rayne; Riley Finn (show all 7); Spike [vampire]
- Important places
- Sunnydale, California, USA
- Related movies
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- This is for the GASPERS and the fearless folk of SPAGHETTI (and you know who you are!)
- First words
- Rupert Giles had finished drawing his magick circle in the woods outside the small Californian town of Sunnydale.
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- Languages
- English, French
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