M.T. Anderson Books In Order

The Pox Party

A gothic tale becomes all too shockingly real in this mesmerizing magnum opus by the acclaimed author of FEED. It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother a princess in exile from a faraway land are the only persons in their household assigned names. As the boy’s regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians’ fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments and his own chilling role in them. Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson’s extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.

The Kingdom on the Waves

Sequel to the National Book Award Winner!

‘A novel of the first rank, the kind of monumental work Italo Calvino called encyclopedic in the way it sweeps up history into a comprehensible and deeply textured pattern.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides and pouring rain to find shelter in British occupied Boston. Sundered from all he knows the College of Lucidity, the rebel cause Octavian hopes to find safe harbor. Instead, he is soon to learn of Lord Dunmore’s proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join the counterrevolutionary forces.

In Volume II of his unparalleled masterwork, M. T. Anderson recounts Octavian’s experiences as the Revolutionary War explodes around him, thrusting him into intense battles and tantalizing him with elusive visions of liberty. Ultimately, this astonishing narrative escalates to a startling, deeply satisfying climax, while reexamining our national origins in a singularly provocative light.

The Game of Sunken Places

When Brian and Gregory receive an invitation to stay at a distant relative’s strange mansion…
well, they should know better than to go. Trips to distant relatives strange mansions rarely go well. And this mansion is even stranger than most. Uncle Max doesn t really know what century he s in. The butler boils socks. And the attic houses The Game of Sunken Places. Is The Game of Sunken Places an ordinary board game? Hardly! The Game of Sunken Places looks like a board game. And most of the time it acts like a board game. But from the moment Brian and Gregory start playing, they are caught up in an adventure that goes far beyond the board. Soon the boys are dealing with attitudinal trolls, warring kingdoms, and some very starchy britches. Luckily, Brian and Gregory have wit, deadpan observation, and a keen sense of adventure on their side. In this fantastic, fun, and funny novel, M. T. Anderson takes both his characters and his readers to a small, obscure corner of Vermont that they ll never, ever forget.

The Suburb Beyond the Stars

Something very strange is happening in Vermont. It’s not The Game of Sunken Places Brian and Gregory have been through that before, and there’s not supposed to be another Game until they say there’s a Game. But still…
when they go to visit a relative in the Vermont woods, they find many things are…
off. Like, people aren’t where they’re supposed to be. And houses are everywhere. In fact, the houses seem to be taking over. If anyone in the universe can make high adventure out of supernatural urban sprawl…
well, it’s M. T. Anderson. And in The Suburb Beyond the Stars he brings both humor and intelligence to a thrill ride that’s part quest, part mystery, part fantasy, and part Abbott and Costello.

Whales on Stilts!

Lily Gefelty is just an average twelve-year-old girl. But her dad-a normal-enough seeming guy-just so happens to work for an evil genius who plans to unleash an army of extremely cranky, stilt-walking, laser-beam-eyed whales upon the world. Lucky for Lily, her two best friends are anything but average. Both of them are famous for their adventures. Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut, invents gadgets; Katie Mulligan spends her spare time fighting off zombies and were-goats. Surely they’ll know what to do. And if they don’t? then it will be up to Lily-average, everyday Lily-to come up with a plan.

With this crazy comic ride of a novel, M. T. Anderson launches a riotous and wonderfully weird new series for listeners who like their thrilling tales with tongue firmly in cheek.

The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen

In serious need of a vacation after their last laser beam filled exploit, Lily, Jasper, and Katie have dashed off in their Gyroscopic Sky Suite for a restful sojourn at the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, a stunning spot filled with roaring fires, Cocoa Splurges, and many fine displays of taxidermy. But in a bizarre turn of events, a number of other children’s book heroes also happen to be unwinding at the vintage mountain retreat, including the dim but well built Manley Boys, the boy crazy Cutesy Dell Twins, and Eddie Wax from the little known classic Stumpy Rides to Glory. And then there are the adorable mystery solving Hooper Quints, who, along with a wealthy heiress s priceless diamond necklace and numerous mounted animal heads, have suddenly gone missing. Meaningless coincidence? Or could it all be part of a nefarious plot involving duct tape, some Bavarian folk pants, and a slew of counterfeit dinner coupons? Tough to say, but one thing s for sure: Katie, Lily, and Jasper are the only swell youngsters around who can solve this spine tingling mystery

Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware

It is a land of wonders!It is a land of mystery. It is a land that time forgot or chose specifically not to remember. Cut off from the civilized world for untold years, this land is called: It is into the mist shrouded heart of this forbidden, mountainous realm that our plucky and intrepid heroes, Jasper Dash: Boy Technonaut and his friends Lily Gefelty and Katie Mulligan, must journey to unravel a terrible mystery. Come along on a tale of grand adventure that includes in its pages: Lost cities! Tentacles! Monks! Dinosaurs! Gangsters! Cheap suits! Eye doctors! And, of course, the fabled CURSE OF THE JAGUAR!

Thirsty

‘Entertaining, disturbing, memorable, and sophisticated, this mortality tale will continue to haunt after the last pages are turned.’ SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALAll Chris really wants is to be a normal kid, to hang out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately, Chris appears to be turning into a vampire. So while his hometown performs an ancient ritual that keeps Tch muchgar, the Vampire Lord, locked in another world, Chris desperately tries to save himself from his own vampiric fate. He needs help, but whom can he trust? A savagely funny tale of terror, teen angst, suspense, and satire from National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson.

Burger Wuss

M.T. Anderson, author of the award winning THIRSTY, cooks up a story of love and betrayal, with a side order of revenge and serves it all with comedic relish. Anthony has never been able to stand up for himself that is, not until his girlfriend, Diana, is in someone else’s arms. Then Anthony vows revenge and devises The Plan. It begins with getting a job at the fast food restaurant where Turner a.k.a. the guy who stole his girlfriend happens to be a star employee. But when The Plan is finally assembled in this hilarious novel that PUBLISHERS WEEKELY called ‘both a tasty treat and a stinging satire,’ will Anthony’s hunger for revenge be satisfied? And more important, will he prove he’s not a wuss?

Feed

Identity crises, consumerism, and star crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a not so brave new world and a smart, savage satire that has captivated readers with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.

Handel, Who Knew What He Liked

‘Both illustration and text are characterized by a saucy style, impeccable pacing, and a richness of content, and the two harmonize splendidly.’ SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL starred reviewGeorge Frideric Handel was not your everyday eighteenth century composer. And in a manner befitting its subject, this witty, rigorously researched, and accessible biography captures Handel’s essential spirit from a child who smuggled a clavichord into the attic to make music against his father’s orders to a young man who imported forty five pounds of mountain snow to chill wine for a gala. LOS ANGELES TIMES Book Prize winner M. T. Anderson depicts not only Handel’s triumphs but also his struggles, chronicling the illness, ill fortune, and despair that led to his greatest achievement, the Messiah. With impeccable detail and a wink at the reader, Kevin Hawkes illustrates this singular story of Handel and the music through which he lives on.

Strange Mr. Satie

In Paris, at the turn of the twentieth century, when artists were experimenting with new ways of seeing things, Erik Satie had something new to say about music. Most people didn’t understand his pieces; critics called his music surreal. But Erik Satie didn’t care. He wanted to make music that followed no rules but its own. Satie’s life was strange and wonderful, frenetic and lonely all at the same time. He was friends with Picasso, and with wizards and puppeteers; he scraped himself with a stone instead of bathing, and he once threw his acrobat girlfriend out a window. Now award winning author M. T. Anderson tells the story of the irreverent French composer in a biography that is witty, accessible, and endlessly surprising, while Petra Mathers’ fanciful illustrations capture all the vibrancy that was Erik Satie’s topsy turvy world. Illustrations by Petra Mathers.

The Serpent Came to Gloucester

Drawing on a true story, an award winning author and illustrator present a picture book tribute to the beauty and mystery of the ocean, and to the mesmerizing creatures that may frolic there. It came from the sea, from the lonely sea,It came from the glittering sea. In a small Massachusetts fishing village in August of 1817, dozens of citizens claimed to have seen an enormous sea serpent swimming off the coast. Terrified at first, the people of Gloucester eventually became quite accustomed to their new neighbor. Adventure seekers came from miles around to study the serpent and aggressively hunt it down, but the creature eluded capture. The Gloucester sea serpent was then, and remains now, a complete mystery. Reviving the rhythms and tone of a traditional sea chanty, M.T. Anderson recounts this exhilarating sea adventure through the eyes of a little boy who secretly hopes for the serpent’s survival. The author’s captivating verse is paired with Bagram Ibatoulline’s luminous paintings, created in the spirit of nineteenth century New England maritime artists.

Me, All Alone, At The End Of The World (With: Kevin Hawkes)

From the celebrated picture book team of M. T. Anderson and Kevin Hawkes comes a wistful, wondrous ode to the natural pleasures of peace and solitude. The boy lives alone at the End of the World, hunting treasure with old maps, finding fossils, whistling tunes, playing ball by the drop. It’s a peaceful, contemplative life, and the boy is content. Until, that is, a self styled Professional Visionary arrives and puts up a sign: CONSTANTINE SHIMMER’S GALVANO MAGICAL END OF THE WORLD TOURS. FUN ALL THE TIME! Soon men with machines come to pave a clearing for the inn and theme park, and the touring children seem nice, but still…
. M. T. Anderson’s lyric homage to simplicity and self reliance is brought to life in arresting detail by the masterful artwork of Kevin Hawkes, creating a fantastical yet evocative world sure to resonate with everyone who enters it.

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

Acclaimed authors Holly Black Ironsideand Cecil Castellucci Boy Proof have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, John Green, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr. With illustrated interstitials from comic book artists Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O’Malley, Geektastic covers all things geeky, from Klingons and Jedi Knights to fan fiction, theater geeks, and cosplayers. Whether you’re a former, current, or future geek, or if you just want to get in touch with your inner geek, Geektastic will help you get your geek on!