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Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)
A book by Kimberly Pauley
Most high-school juniors face big questions about their futures, but few ask the question posed to 16-year-old Mina: should she stay human or should she become a vampire, like her parents? In this breezy, often uproarious debut novel, Pauley follows … see full wiki
Author:
Kimberly Pauley
Publisher:
Mirrorstone
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Pauley–previously known for her own book review site–has created a very interesting premise here: Mina Hamilton is having a hard enough time with high school and being seventeen in general when things get even more complicated. Mina already knew her parents were vampires. She has, in fact, known that for all of her life. What she didn't know until recently was that she would have to decide if she wanted to join her parents among the undead or not. Mina also has to attend a series … more
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review by carol007.
September 21, 2008
So, you think your life sucks? Try being Mina Hamilton. Her parents are vampires, which would sound cool if they weren't so bo-ring and parent-like. And now Mina has to decide whether or not she wants to be one too...in a month. As if high school wasn't bad enough, now she's got to go to vampire classes with a bunch of freaks who actually want to drink blood (Gross! As if sushi wasn't bad enough.). And she can't even tell her best friend about any of it, not with a bunch of red-tape-loving vampire … more
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review by thebookmuncher.
August 26, 2008
At the end of Mina Hamilton's junior year in high school, she is faced with the biggest decision of her life: whether or not to become a vampire. To make it worse, the only guidance she has comes from her slightly crazy uncle Mortie and a vampire class taught by good old Grandma Wolfington (okay, her real name is Ms. Riley) that Mina is forced to take. And just because she is named after a character from Bram Stoker's Dracula doesn't make this enormous decision any easier. This … more
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Mina Hamilton has always known about her parents' unusual position as vampires, but it never occurs to her that she might have to become a vampire herself until the Northwest Regional Vampire Council gets wind of her existence and insists that she make a choice. But how can a girl choose between a great life in the human world with a best friends and an almost boyfriend, and her family and the allure of living forever (although, the idea of drinking blood is just gross). Well, Mina's about to find … more
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