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One of the books that our literature circle has recently read is //Feed// by M.T. Anderson. The main character in this book is Titus who is a teenager. This book's setting is in Earth's future when technology has basically taken over the human race because they are totally dependent on their "feeds." "Feeds" are basically little computers that are implanted inside of your head that can do everything. In the book Titus and his friends go to the moon in the beggining on vacation. While they are there they meet a lot of people and one of them is named Violet. Violet seems to be interested in Titus and when they get back to Earth they all go to a party. However while they are at a party an extremist hacks into all of their feeds and they all end up in the hospital. They all recover after a few days except for Violet. Violet has had problems with her "feed" since she was young because she had her "feed" installed when she was already grown up. This caused her "feed" to not adapt to her brain very well. They all leave the hospital and Titus and Violet start dating. They go to parties and all kinds of things and they really like each other. Violet does start having more problems though, she starts to lose the function of her arms and legs. She eventually slips into a coma and she is non-responsive. Titus then has to make a decision at the end about whether or not he will stay with Violet to the end. You will have to read the book to find out which choice he makes. This book was an interesting book and or group really liked it because it was set in the future. The book was a fairly easy read and our group would give the book eight out of ten rating.

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** __The Reformed Vampire Support Group__ by Catherine Jinks ** Our group recently read, //The Reformed Vampire Support Group// by Catherine Jinks. The main character is, Nina, a frail old vampire in a teenager’ body. She is self aware, and is ashamed of being a vampire. She writes a book about a super vampire who saves lives and makes the world a better place, but in reality vampires are pathetic. She and the 7 other vampires meet every Tuesday to talk about their problems with the priest, Father Ramon. In the group there is Gladys, Bridget, Horace, Dave, Sangford, George, and Casimir. The story starts when the vampires find that Casimir has been killed by a vampire hunter with a silver bullet. They all go into hiding until they find a person who bought large amounts of silver bullets. Dave, Nina, and father Ramon go to meet the suspect and find that he was not a vampire hunter, but a werewolf fanatic. Mr. McKinnon was pitting werewolves against each other. Rueben was the werewolf the group met and saved from the McKinnons. The book was modestly interesting and easy to follow. Our literature circle recommends this book as a pleasure read. We feel that on a scale of one to ten, this book receives a seven out of ten.

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** __Rash__ by Pete Hautman ** Our literature group read “Rash,” by Pete Hautman. It is placed in a futuristic America where safety is of the utmost importance. Over 25% of the population is in work camps due to infractions of the law that could jeopardize someone’s mental or physical safety. There are no longer any dangerous sports around for people to get hurt playing. So when the main character, Bo, is sent to a work camp in Canada he is clueless on how to play football. The warden has a special team called the gold shirts that practices to play football. The climax of this novel is placed in the prison where Bo learns the importance of living life to its fullest. This riveting novel held your attention with its lively plot line and interesting characters. We rate this book a nine on a scale to ten. = = = Pete Hautman = = =

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