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  <title><![CDATA[Thirsty]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;b&gt;&quot;Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned.&quot; &amp;#8212; SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;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&amp;#8217;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.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1997</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Thirsty</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[M.T. Anderson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting take on the whole vampire legend.  In Chris's world, vampires have always existed.  People are wary of vampires, and lynch them when they find them.  As his hometown prepares for the annual Sad Festival of Vampires with an ancient ritual (held in a Whitehen Pantry) that keeps Tch'much...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17655282">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book in the glbt section of my library and was confused by the back of the book.. but then it all makes sense. The book is just an allegory for a gay male teen and dealing with homosexuality. Christopher, the main character, is labeled as a vampire in a world where they are shunned (a g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37001316">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24279897">
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 13 13:23:54 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 11 18:04:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 13 13:23:54 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can I say how much I enjoy M.T. Anderson's writing? Soooo much.  His books are sophisticated and intelligent, and very refreshing after reading a lot of exciting but cliche-ridden YA bestsellers. <br/><br/><em>Thirsty</em> does not romanticize vampires. It starts off pretty funny and you think this is goin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24279897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71769103">
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 19 08:38:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 19 08:39:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess it is true. Vampire fans really will take home a book as soon as they see the V-word. Or at least, it's true for me. I really need to work on that. My thought process when selecting this book was, &quot;It has vampires in it! The cover is cool. It has vampires in it! The author is award winn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71769103">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75085311">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 19 20:11:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 21 07:57:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to read a vampire book for my YA class. Vampires are not a subject I enjoy like some people, but I do like MT Anderson so I decided to give this a try. I was not disappointed; it is an excellent book. His ability to capture the teenage self-absorbtion and confusion is uncanny. How can adult r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75085311">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63164159">
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jul 15 07:56:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for the teen discussion group at my library.  I think it's interesting because it can be read in a couple of different ways.  I have seen in several places that this story can be understood as an allegory about what it's like to be a gay male teenager and I think it could be read th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63164159">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76044336">
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    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 28 14:48:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 05 16:08:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The world revolves around a boy named Christopher, a boy who just wants to be normal he is in high school,he slowly begins turning into a vampire when he goes to a lynching with his brother Paul. After those events he meets Chet a mysterious celestial being, who informs Chris that he's turning into ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76044336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75421018">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 16:30:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 16:30:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thirsty by M.T. Anderson<br/>Vampire/Doing What’s Right/Deception<br/><br/>Anderson’s vampire novel is far away from Twilight. Set in New England, this is a world where vampires are hunted and executed, and a yearly ritual is performed to keep the Vampire Lord in captivity. Chris is a normal ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75421018">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64676205">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alex]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 23 12:30:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 25 11:58:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[              This book is a boy, Chris, who just wants a normal life. Basically, hangout with his friends, avoid his parents and ask a girl named Rebecca Schwartz on a date. All that is about to change he finds out he's turning into a vampire. It happened when Chris went to a lynching (Where you se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64676205">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69876838">
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    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Roseville, MI]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 02 19:22:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 02 19:22:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so excited to read this, but I was really disappointed. <br/><br/>I could write a full length review on this, but there isn't much to say. I know that M.T Anderson isn't a bad writer, but this is definitely not one of his finer pieces. Chris, the main character, seems like a normal teenager. B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69876838">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66838694">
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 10 08:51:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 10 09:01:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this because i was surprised that i liked feed so much when i read it for class.  and as a teen book, its really good. but to a grown-up reader, there are an uncomfortable amount of unanswered questions regarding characters motivations and chronic gullibility and not enough history of the tow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66838694">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75346973">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would probably have put this under the really liked it category if not for the ending- I am an eternal optomist, and I hoped against hope that Christopher would find a way out of his situation.<br/><br/>Christopher finds himself in an uncomfortable situation.  A freshman in highschool, he finds ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75346973">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41721575">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chandra]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book probably contains a few of the dumbest characters ever to be created on the pages of a book.<br/>(With the exception of everyone from Twilight.)<br/>I will start with the main character, who is very whiny. The mentally disabled part comes when this random guy, who, for all Chris knows, c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41721575">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50463325">
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  <read_at>Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 25 18:46:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 08 15:17:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>It felt like I'd read it twice.</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Once again, another book to add to my 'deserve a basilisk fang through it' collection. I felt no sympathy or any connection to any of the characters. Okay, some/most of the characters. <br/><br/>Christopher is - and I really hate to put it this way, but is another Bella, only this time, it's a he....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50463325">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71199222">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books that doesn't work well for goodreads' rating system of &quot;liked&quot; or &quot;really liked,&quot; etc. It isn't meant to be liked, I don't think (maybe all satire is that way). It's just meant to make you question what it means to be human, and how he says at the end t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71199222">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 11 08:31:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vampirgeschichte mit erhobenem Zeigefinger<br/><br/>Chris stellt eigenartige Veraenderungen an sich fest: er verwandelt sich in einen Vampir.<br/> Er ist verzweifelt bemueht, dies geheimzuhalten, da Vampiren erbarmungslos der Prozess gemacht wird.<br/> Da erscheint Chet, ein himmlisches Wesen, u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27185862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Initial thoughts:  This is probably just under a 4 for me.  Good fun. Will review later.<br/><br/>Later:<br/>Chris is a normal teenage boy doing normal teenage things until he finds himself the center of attention to a vampire about to be executed. Suddenly, things take a turn for the bizarre whe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21832493">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was admittedly more funny in parts than I truly expected it to be. I also enjoyed that it never pandered to the audience by explaining why everyone just accepts that vampires and other supernatural beings exist. They just do. End of story. I like that.<br/><br/>I have to say that plot wise...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21278780">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thirsty by M.T. Anderson<br/><br/>What do you think you know about vampires?<br/>They live forever? They have no soul? They’re always cold?<br/>Do you want to be a vampire?<br/><br/>Imagine you lived in a world where it was common knowledge, accepted, and undeniable that vampires are not onl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10288876">more...</a>]]></body>
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