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Novels by Scott Westerfeld (Study Guide): Peeps, Extras, Specials, Leviathan, the Last Days, Pretties, Uglies, the Secret Hour
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-14.
ISBN 9781155236728
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Peeps, Extras, Specials, Leviathan, the Last Days, Pretties, Uglies, the Secret Hour, Touching Darkness, the Risen Empire, Blue Noon, Polymorph, So Yesterday, Behemoth. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Peeps is a 2005 novel by Scott Westerfeld revolving around a parasite which causes people to become cannibalistic and become repelled by that which they once loved. It follows the protagonist, Cal Thompson, as he lives with this parasite and tries to uncover a possible threat to the whole population of the world. The apocalyptic threat to the world that begins in Peeps continues in The Last Days, a companion book which featured some of the same characters. Two days after arriving in New York for college, Cal loses his virginity to a girl who picks him up. From this encounter Cal picks up an STD, but this is an unusual one: it turns its victims into "peeps" -- parasite positives -- raving cannibalistic monsters with unusual strength, night vision, heightened senses, and an affinity with rats (you may know them as vampires). Cal himself turns out to be immune, but he's a carrier -- he gets the strength and senses without the nasty side effects. But before he knows it he has infected others. Cal is recruited by the Night Watch, a secret government organization that has existed for centuries to contain the disease and its victims. His first assignment is to capture all the girls he's infected. But soon Cal realizes that there is more going on than he has been told: the disease is changing in response to mysterious forces from under the earth that are waking up after centuries of slumber. The protagonist of the novel, Cal is a "carrier" of the parasite. Essentially, his body contains the parasite that in most people causes...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7856096
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