Thirsty

"entertaining, Disturbing, Memorable, And Sophisticated, This Mortality Tale Will Continue To Haunt After The Last Pages Are Turned." — School Library Journal 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 National Book Award Winner M. T. Anderson. publishers Weekly in The Spring, There Are Vampires In The Wind. So Begins This Blackly Atmospheric First Novel, Set In A New England That Is Under Quiet Siege By Elfin Changelings, Mongrel Swamp Creatures And Other Inhuman Beings. Chris, Struggling Through The Awkward Changes Of Adolescence, Finds His Teenage Lusts Becoming The Thirst Of The Vampire. He Narrates The Pull Of His Own Evil Nature With Rhythmic, Morbid Accuracy: I Tear At My Arm And Slash Downward With The Teeth, Rutting Up Little Tracks Of Meat While The Thick, Sour Tang Of My Own Gore Sweetly Fills My Mouth And Cheeks, Puffing Them Out. Chet, A So-called Celestial Being Claiming To Be From The Forces Of Light, Contacts Chris-not Yet A Full Vampire-and Asks Him To Interfere With A Ceremony That Will Release Tch'muchgar, The Vampire Lord, From His Bondage In Another World. But Can Chet Be Trusted? The Overtly Supernatural Climax And A Disappointing Plot Twist Squelch The Sparkle Of Anderson's Prose Somewhat, But Horror Fans Will Find This Vampire Novel A Bloody Cut Above The Usual Fare. Ages 14-17. (mar.) "Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned." #8211; School Library Journal 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 National Book Award winner 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.