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M.T. Anderson

M.T. Anderson
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M.T. Anderson

M.T. Anderson is the author of the Pals in Peril series; The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, which won the National Book Award; The Game of Sunken Places; Burger Wuss; Thirsty; and Feed, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, and the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Young Adults. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at MT-Anderson.com.

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Chapter 1 from Whales on Stilts!
Jan 24, 2012
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Oct 25, 2011
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Oct 25, 2011
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Oct 07, 2011
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Chapter 1 from The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
Jan 16, 2011
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Chapter 1 from Agent Q, or The Smell of Danger!
Dec 17, 2010
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Kirkus Reviews, May 10, 2013
...line. When we love a book, we try to pour all our emotion into it. The review of M.T. Anderson’s savagely brilliant Feed concludes, “The crystalline realization of this wildly dystopic future carries in it obvious and enormous implications for...
New York Times, May 3, 2013
...Misery” Common Core Standards: RI3, RI10, W3, W7, W8, W10, RH1, WHST4, WHST8 In “Clothed in Misery,” author M.T. Anderson asks readers to stop and think about where their clothing comes from. He compares the recent collapse of a Bangladeshi...
AlterNet.org, April 19, 2013
...David Aaron Baker -- I still can't believe the guy who read Charles Portis' "Norwood" also read M.T. Anderson's great dystopian YA novel, "Feed"), and others, while less versatile, are sometimes just the perfect fit for the book in hand. John Keating's...
PRLog, April 15, 2013
...make YA titles more accessible to adults, Library Journal reports. For instance in January 2011, Candlewick Press reissued M.T. Anderson’s two-volume "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation" (the first volume won a National...
TheStar.com.my, March 19, 2013
...never grew older. And I dont mind that at all, says the author who lists the likes of M.T. Anderson, Marcus Zusak, Anne Patchett and J.K. Rowling as some of his literary inspirations. To date, Lerangis has published over 160 titles for young readers and...
Salon, February 23, 2013
...narrator of Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas series, but he impressed me most with his indelible reading of M.T. Anderson’s ?Feed,? a sort of futuristic YA tragedy-satire — one of the most difficult genre mashups imaginable and probably not a whole lot...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 14, 2013
...they were forced to take a later train from New York. Fortunately, Cantabrigians Griffin and her boyfriend, writer M.T. Anderson, didnt have far to walk to reach the store. In her introduction to the reading, Porter Square co-owner and childrens...
Kirkus Reviews, May 10, 2013
...line. When we love a book, we try to pour all our emotion into it. The review of M.T. Anderson’s savagely brilliant Feed concludes, “The crystalline realization of this wildly dystopic future carries in it obvious and enormous implications for...
New York Times, May 3, 2013
...Misery” Common Core Standards: RI3, RI10, W3, W7, W8, W10, RH1, WHST4, WHST8 In “Clothed in Misery,” author M.T. Anderson asks readers to stop and think about where their clothing comes from. He compares the recent collapse of a Bangladeshi...
New York Times, May 3, 2013
...Misery” Common Core Standards: RI3, RI10, W3, W7, W8, W10, RH1, WHST4, WHST8 In “Clothed in Misery,” author M.T. Anderson asks readers to stop and think about where their clothing comes from. He compares the recent collapse of a Bangladeshi...
Topanga Messenger, May 2, 2013
...book, have a snack and create some art. Teen Book Of The Month—May’s selection is “Feed” by M.T. Anderson. Copies of the book will be available for checkout at the library. Complete a book review form when you've finished and share your...
AlterNet.org, April 19, 2013
...David Aaron Baker -- I still can't believe the guy who read Charles Portis' "Norwood" also read M.T. Anderson's great dystopian YA novel, "Feed"), and others, while less versatile, are sometimes just the perfect fit for the book in hand. John Keating's...
RoadRunner, April 19, 2013
...David Aaron Baker — I still can’t believe the guy who read Charles Portis’ “Norwood” also read M.T. Anderson’s... Full Article at Salon...
Salon, April 19, 2013
...There are two kinds of great film actors: the ones who can play any part (Meryl Streep) and those who essentially play the same character over and over again, but do it surpassingly well (Clark Gable). This formula can also be applied to audiobook...