![]() They became fast friends, and chatted online frequently, since Brennan resides in Ireland and Larbalestier splits her time between New York and Australia. Larbalestier and Brennan met four years before the book was published, through mutual friends in a New York cafe. As the book's tagline states, "friends don't let friends date vampires." Afraid that Cathy might be considering becoming a vampire herself, Mel starts on a quest to show Cathy how dangerous the undead really are, which means braving the vampire district and solving a mystery. When a century-old vampire joins their high school class, Mel is horrified when her best friend Cathy falls for him. Team Human is set in the town of New Whitby, Maine, the origin of America's compact with vampires and a place that sees them living side-by-side in relative harmony. The book is dedicated to a long list of authors who have written in the genre, including Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer, Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, and Larbalestier's husband Scott Westerfeld. The book came out of the authors' shared love of vampire stories, and is both parody and celebration of the genre. ![]() It was published in 2012 by Allen and Unwin in Australia and by Harper Teen, a division of HarperCollins in the US. ![]() ![]() ![]() Team Human is a young adult novel co-written by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |