The books of this series feature mystery, crime fiction, realistic fiction, young adult, and thriller stories. Untreated diabetes, she believes, is the true source of vampire legend, which makes her a potential vampire. It is about a girl who believes in vampires and calls herself undead because she is a diabetic. Sweetblood has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Though she wears mostly black, reads anne rice, and spends time on vampire chat rooms. Was was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america. Invisible is a fiction book characterized by subjects such as, friendship, best friends, railroads, schools, models and model making, and mental. Sweet blood by pete hautman is a fiction novel written for young adults. Through the book you see her struggle with school, boys, and her own health.
Hautman is such a talented writer and writes so many different kinds of books, from the mind bending klaatu terminus series to sweetblood, a vampire themed book written before twilight. Read sweetblood by pete hautman available from rakuten kobo. It fits into the category of teen fiction with a morbid twist. Unfortunately, there were few vampire books available at that time. I was able to find only a handful of nonfiction books concerning vampire legends and vampirism, and perhaps a dozen novels. Read sweetblood online by pete hautman books free 30day. Sweetblood by pete hautman lucy szabo thinks she knows where the myth of vampires came from. Sweetblood is about lucy szabo, a teenage girl with type one diabetes. Diabetic lucy szabos world is populated by legions of the undead. Pete hautman is the author of many books for young adults and adults, including the national book awardwinning godless, the klaatu diskos trilogy, and eden west. The novel was recognized as a yalsa best book for young adults and received the minnesota book award for best youth literature plot summary there are only two races that matter. Sweetblood by pete hautman overdrive rakuten overdrive. He wonders about her thick lips, her wide mouth and greenish. One of them, godless, won the 2004 national book award for young peoples literature.
June is new to the schoolher sixth in the last four years. Buy sweetblood by pete hautman, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. It leaves us presently equipped book report on sweet blood by pete hautman to tackle even the most extraordinary writing tasks. Hautman, an insulindependent diabetic, brings an unusual perspective to the anemic horror topic with his portrayal of lucinda szabo, the vampireobsessed diabetic who narrates this tale with wit a. The book calls itself a vampire novel, but really what its about is a diabetic girl, lucy, whos theory that slowly dying diabetics in the middle ages were the original vampires leads her to take an interest in people who call themselves vampires and the vampiregoth subculture. Invisible is a fiction book characterized by subjects such as, friendship, best friends, railroads, schools, models and model making, and mental illness. Shes sure that that the first vampires ever were dying diabetics. Pete hautman books list of books by author pete hautman. Red blood cells contain iron, and too much iron is toxic. Jacqueline west last things and kirsten cronnmills wreck also have new ya titles coming out, and bryan bliss will be there to celebrate the new paperback edition of his national book award finalist well fly away. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Thats how lucy feels in the book sweet blood by pete hautman. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Aug 31, 2010 pete hautman is the author of national book awardwinning novel godless, sweetblood, hole in the sky, stone cold, the flinkwater factor, the forgetting machine, and mr. Blood was relatively cheap, and was often given away free by farmers and slaughter houses. Sweetblood ebook by pete hautman 9781439108741 rakuten kobo. You will find all of that and more in pete hautman s book sweetblood. The girl in the story has a perception of life that can be there are many components to a book. Heres a list of books that made a big impression on me, roughly arranged by the age at which i read them. When i first decided to write a vampire novel, i read everything i could find about blood drinking. About the cydonian pyramid, sequel to the obsidian blade, he says, i could never resist a tough, spunky, conflicted heroine. First would be my tattered copy of brave cowboy bill, a little golden book from the 1950s. Although, it will still depend on what works for you. Sixteenyearold lucy szabo is undead at least according to her own theories about vampirism. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. After a lifetime of being a model student, sixteenyearold lucy szabo.
He has a family to support and you shouldnt steal from him. Sweetblood by pete hautman, 9781442407558, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. When times were hard, some of the poorer classes enjoyed blood sausage at nearly every meal. It is the story of a teenage girls encounter with the vampire subculture. Not much to go on if i wanted to write the great american vampire novel, so i expanded the parameters of my research to include all things blood related. Wes andrews has just ended a suffocating relationship with izzy. Read sweetblood by pete hautman for free with a 30 day free trial. A gripping, painful, and wellwritten comingofager with a twist. The book i am reading right now is called sweetblood. She has done a lot of research on diabetes and now believes that in the olden times vampires were really just people showing signs of diabetes. A very successful book series written by author pete hautman is known as the bloodwater mysteries series. Jun 01, 2003 the book that i just read by pete hautman, was sweetblood. Sweetblood book by pete hautman official publisher.
It is comprised of a total of 3 books released between 2006 and 2008. Sweetblood book by pete hautman 5 available editions. Sweetblood lucy szabo thinks she knows where the myth of vampires came from. Have you ever borrowed your moms credit card and assured yourself it was going to a good use. Lucy is a sixteen year old girl suffering from diabetes. The national book foundation summary is, a teenage boy decides to invent a new religion with a new god. I read this for a project in a young adult lit class i thought this book sounded like it could be great, i liked the vampire diabetes theory however, i was disappointed in the one dimensional way it portrayed the gothy kids and it s moralistic tone the ending was a little too go. Possibly my last, as im more interested in middle grade these days. Sweetblood book by pete hautman official publisher page. When she gets involved with draco, a selfproclaimed real vampire she meets in a transylvania chat room, her world starts to crash down around her. Pete hautman is the author of godless, which won the national book award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults, including blank confession, allin, rash, no limit, and invisible.
I remember when many ya novels featured a disease and then an afterschool special followed up on the educational storyvery contrived. Aug 31, 2010 sweetblood by pete hautman, 9781442407558, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Lucy encounters problems when she suggests in a term paper that the symptoms of untreated diabetes. Sweet blood by pete hautman is about a girl, lucy, who has diabetes.
When i first decided to write a vampire novel, i read everything i could find about blooddrinking. Following lahlia through the diskos was an incredible journey. Sweetblood book by pete hautman half price books marketplace. You will find all of that and more in pete hautmans book sweetblood. Sweetblood by pete hautman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sweetblood is a young adult novel by pete hautman, first published in 2003. Was, which was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery writers of america, as well as several adult novels. Among the last, as of this writing, would be explorers of the new century, by magnus mills.
Homewood teens know books sweetblood by pete hautman. A collection of true, tortured, wild, hilarious, concise, and intense tales of teenage life. Peter murray hautman born september 29, 1952 is an american author best known for his novels for young adults. The novel was recognized as a yalsa best book for young adults and received the minnesota book award for best youth literature. Was was nominated for an edgar award by the mystery. Shes sure that that the first vampires ever were dying. Pete hautman divides his time between wisconsin and minnesota.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sweetblood. Unless you happen to be a mosquito or a vampire bat, i learned, blood should be consumed in moderation. Its always interesting to see what he is writing next, although slider was so good that id love to see more funny mgya fiction from him. And it doesnt seem likely that wes and june will get together. Sweet blood tells the story of a diabetic girl named lucy who is not only dealing with the everyday struggles of being a teenager, but she is also struggling to control her disease. He wonders about her thick lips, her wide mouth and. Well, in slider by pete hautman, this was exactly what david did to bet for a halfeaten hot dog from his role models eating contest. Sweetblood ebook by pete hautman 9781439108741 rakuten. Sweet blood by pete hautman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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