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Peeps

(Bccb Blue Ribbon Fiction Books (Awards))

By Scott Westerfeld

(26)

| Hardcover | 9781595140319

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Book Description

One year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying in New York City than in attending his biology classes. Now, after a fateful encounter with a mysterious woman named Morgan, biology has become, literally, Cal’s life.

Cal was infected by a pContinue

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PEEPS

First rule: Don't call them vampires. That's just a ridiculous term. The proper label is parasite-positives, or "peeps." Maybe some people think that peeps have a few things in common with vampires of legend, but New York City is a long way from the ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

PEEPS

First rule: Don't call them vampires. That's just a ridiculous term. The proper label is parasite-positives, or "peeps." Maybe some people think that peeps have a few things in common with vampires of legend, but New York City is a long way from the ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

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A fun read which was very interesting and disgusting. A new look at why vampires exist and how they come to be. Every other chapter looks at a parasite and explains it--the disgusting part.

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SheReads said on Mar 6, 2007 | Add your feedback

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"It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing."
"As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of ... (continue)

"It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing."
"As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you."
" ' Flowers imitate insects -patterning their petals after wings, stealing their smells. Jasmine tricks butterflies into landing on it, so they carry pollen from one flower to another. That's how jasmine flowers have sex with each other.'
'Dude. Jasmine has sex? Using butterflies?'
'Yeah. How about that?' "
"So next time you're at the doctor's office, be on the lookout for this heartwarming symbol of the ancient healing arts. (And don't believe all that crap about the great god Hermes; it's all about the guinea worms.)"
" 'God, you mean I lost my virginity to The Apocalypse?' "

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noodlecup said on Mar 13, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

They are not really vampires, but something like that. I just couldn't get into this one. I read 156 of the 312 pages, but only because several people had recommended it, so I wanted to give it a good chance.

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Missmath144 said on Jun 1, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I'm a Bio freak...

I loved how every other chapter was a few pages on a different parasite! I really liked this book, and I love Scott Westerfeld's unique and creative ideas!

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Tuesdayoncatnip said on Jul 26, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback