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A year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying than in attending biology class. Now, after a fateful encounter with a mysterious woman named Morgan, biology has become, literally, Cal’s life. Cal was infected by a parasite that has a truly... read more
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Summary edit
http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/books/peeps/ for more info.
Peeps is about a guy named Cal and he is a vampire or Peep hunter who is hunting down and curing all his ex girlfriends from a parasite. He is trying to find the one who infected him, Morgan, and along the way meets Lace.
Characters/People edit
- Cal: Cal is a college freshman new to New York. Everything about this new environment interests him, especially the girls. He gets a rude awakening when he finds himself infected with a strange parasite that changes his life forever.
- Morgan: Is the woman that Cal met in a bar and had his first time with her, and the one that turn him in to a Peep.
- Dr. Rat: She is the one that does the experiments and talks to Cal everytime he needs something
- The Shrink: Gives Cal orders. The head of the Peeps.
- Lace: Cal's aquantence
- Sarah: One of Cal's ex girlfriends
First Sentence edit
After a year of hunting, I finally caught up with Sarah.
Table of Contents edit
1. Stay Away, Joe
2. Trematodes
3. Anathema
4. Toxoplasma
5. Bahamalama-Dingdong
6. Slimeballs
7. Optimum Virulence
8. Lice Age
9. Underworld
10. Monkeys And Maggots. . .Or parasites For Peace
11. Major Revelation Incident
12. The Master Parasite
13. Hopeful Monsters
14. Slimeballs Save The World
15. The Path Below
16. The Wealthy Disease
17. Trouble In Brooklyn
18. Plasmodium
19. Vector
20. The Parasite Of My Parasite Is my Friend
21. Ex
22. Snakes On A Stick
23. Worm
24. Parasites R us
25. Morgan's Army
Epilogue: Inflamation
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Peeps. (standard series)
Followed by The Last Days.
This book is in Vampire (community list). (community list)
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Funny Paranormal Teen Reads. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Scott Westerfeld (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Razorbill
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 159514031X
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Razorbill
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 159514031X
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- Andre Norton Award (Finalist, 2006: Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy)
- Aurealis Award (Finalist, 2005: Best Young Adult Novel)
- ALA Best Book for Young Adults (2006, #5)
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsWhile most of Westerfeld's books are perfectly suitable for pre-teens, I feel like this one is definitely for AT LEAST 8th or 9th grade and up. Vampirism is a sexually transmitted parasite that makes those infected extremely "horny". There is a lot of talk about sex, and even a good amount of casual sex (the parasite makes it's victims want to spread it). It's a great book, with lots of well-researched scientific facts on a number of parasites, and would even be a good lesson on STDs, but it is one that is better read by a more mature teen.
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