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Books with title Thirsty Roots

  • Thirsty

    M. T. Anderson

    eBook (Candlewick Press, Feb. 20, 2010)
    "Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned." – School Library JournalAll 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.
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  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson

    Paperback (Candlewick, July 22, 2008)
    "Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned." – School Library JournalAll 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.
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  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 12, 2017)
    “Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned." — School Library JournalAll 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. A savagely funny tale of terror, teen angst, suspense, and satire from National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson.
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  • Thirsty Roots

    Nadia Higgins, Chris Biggin

    Paperback (Cantata Learning, Aug. 1, 2017)
    With their Thirsty Roots, plants soak up water and get nutrients from the ground. Roots also help plants stand up tall. See how roots help plants grow in this beautifully illustrated story set to music. Aligned with NGSS, this hardcover book comes with CD and online music access.
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  • Thirsty

    M. T. Anderson

    eBook (Walker Books, May 2, 2013)
    Chris just wants to be a normal guy – to hang out with his friends Tom and Jerk, avoid his bickering parents, get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Lately, though, he’s been feeling anything but normal. He has this strange desire, a terrible hunger, a thirst for blood. The truth is unavoidable: Chris is turning into a vampire. While his home-town prepares for the annual Sad Festival of Vampires, an ancient ritual to keep Tch’muchgar the Vampire Lord locked in another world, Chris desperately seeks a way out of his dreadful fate. He needs help – but who can he trust? Chet, the oddly cynical Celestial Being? His friends? His family? Can he even trust himself? Time is running out and Chris is so thirsty…
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  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson

    Mass Market Paperback (Candlewick, Aug. 9, 2005)
    "Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALAll 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.
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  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson

    Paperback (Candlewick, Aug. 11, 2003)
    "Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALAll 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.
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  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson, Greg Spalenka

    Paperback (Candlewick, March 3, 1997)
    In a tale of adventure and suspense, Chris, just wanting to be a normal kid, discovers that he is turning into a vampire and struggles to find a way to save himself from this horrible fate, but as he looks for help, he finds that there are few places to turn.
  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson, Greg Spalenka

    Hardcover (Candlewick, March 3, 1997)
    In a tale of adventure and suspense, Chris, just wanting to be a normal kid, discovers that he is turning into a vampire and struggles to find a way to save himself from this horrible fate, but as he looks for help, he finds that there are few places to turn.
  • Thirsty

    M. T. Anderson

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-22, May 22, 2008)
    THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In a tale of adventure and suspense, Chris, just wanting to be a normal kid, discovers that he is turning into a vampire and struggles to find a way to save himself from this horrible fate.
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  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, July 22, 2008)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In a tale of adventure and suspense, Chris, just wanting to be a normal kid, discovers that he is turning into a vampire and struggles to find a way to save himself from this horrible fate.
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  • Thirsty

    M.T. Anderson, Greg Spalenka

    Paperback (Candlewick, Sept. 2, 1998)
    Although Chris desperately wants to be normal, he finds himself turning into a vampire and does not know whom to trust for help, an odd celestial being named Chet, or the Thing, who claims to be from the Forces of Light and follows him everywhere. Reprint.