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Thirsty
Thirsty
Author: M.T. Anderson
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ISBN-13: 9780763638955
ISBN-10: 0763638951
Publication Date: 7/22/2008
Pages: 256
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Candlewick
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 5
Wow! What a pleasant suprise! This book was funny - great sarcastic snarky humor. I had to keep reading to the finish - the suspense was killing me.
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Teen angst would be bad enough, but when you're turning into a vampire and having dreams about killing your friends and drinking their blood, and a Celestial Being named Chet wants you to work as a secret agent to thwart the vampire lord Tch'muchgar's plan to return and take over the United States, it becomes much harder to ask the girl you like out on a date...
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BACK OF BOOK:
All Chris really wants to do is be a normal kid, to hang out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately Chris appears to be turning into a vampire.
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Correct ISBN # BUT is a PAPERBACK not HARDCOVER
All Chris really wants is to be a normal kid, to hang out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately, Chris appears to be turning into a vampire. So while his hometown performs an ancient ritual that keeps Tch'muchgar, the Vampire Lord, locked in another world, Chris desperately tries to save himself from his own vampiric fate. He needs help, but whom can he trust? A savagely funny tale of terror, teen angst, suspense, and satire from celebrated FEED author M. T. Anderson.From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human. A savagely funny tale of terror, teen angst, suspense, and satire from celebrated FEED author M. T. Anderson who is the author of several young adult novels, most recently FEED, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the LOS ANGELES TIMES Book Prize. He is also the author of the celebrated picture book biography HANDEL, WHO KNEW WHAT HE LIKED, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, and THE SERPENT CAME TO GLOUCESTER, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. M.T. Anderson currently serves on the faculty at Vermont College's MFA Program in Writing for Children.