Feed

Subversive, vigorously conceived, painfully situated at the juncture where funny crosses into tragic, FEED demonstrates that young-adult novels are alive and well and able to deliver a jolt.—New York Times“Another book that can be added to the list entitled ‘YA Novels I’d Never Heard of But Which Turn Out to Be Modern Classics’ and Feed may well turn out to be the best of the lot … Funny, serious, sad, superbly realized.”—Nick Hornby, The BelieverM.T. Anderson has created the perfect device for an ingenious satire of corporate America and our present-day value system…Like those in a funhouse mirror, the reflections the novel shows us may be ugly and distorted, but they are undeniably ourselves.—The Horn Book (starred review)The crystalline realization of this wildly dystopic future carries in it obvious and enormous implications for today’s readers — satire at its finest.—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)This satire offers a thought-provoking and scathing indictment that may prod readers to examine the more sinister possibilities of corporate-and media-dominated culture.—Publishers Weekly (starred review)What really puts the teeth in the bite…is Anderson’s brilliant satiric vision in the seamless creation of this imagined but believable world. The writing is relentlessly funny, clever in its observations and characters….—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)A gripping, intriguing, and unique cautionary novel.—School Library JournalMany teens will feel a haunting familiarity about this future universe.—BooklistBoth hilarious and disturbing.—Booklist Editors’ ChoiceIn spite of its foreboding overtones, FEED is in a sense an optimistic novel. By involving its readers in the act it suggests is central to society’s survival, the book offers hope.—Riverbank ReviewAlthough set in the future, Anderson’s novel is a stunning indictment of contemporary America and its ever-increasing obsession with consumerism even in the face of impending environmental collapse … the novel is both intense and grim. It should, however, appeal strongly to mature and thoughtful readers who care about the future of their world.—VOYADisturbing yet wickedly funny, with as brilliant a use of decayed language as Russell Hoban’s post-apocalyptic RIDDLEY WALKER.—Horn Book Fanfare, TheThis dystopic vision is dark but quite believable. Sad and strong and scary.—Chicago TribuneThe book is fast, shrewd, slang-filled and surprisingly engaging.—New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the YearThis wickedly funny and thought-provoking novel is written in a slang so hip it is spoken only by the characters in this book. Teens will want to read it at least twice.—Miami HeraldA darkly comic satire that can be read as a promise or a warning.—Detroit Free PressThe flashes of humor as well as the cleverly imagined grim future world should quickly draw readers into this look at teenage love and loss, and at consumerism carried to its logical extreme.—Kliatt Book ReviewThe scariest part of FEED’s brilliantly conceived futuristic dystopia is that much of it isn’t futuristic … To list all the prescient details in this novel would require taking something from nearly every page.—Riverbank ReviewFrightening in its realistic depiction of what is possible in a culture addicted to information, this novel is a guaranteed conversation-starter.—Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of the YearIt’s exhilarating to decipher Anderson’s futuristic adolescent slang, but his story is a serious one. He has an uncanny gift for depicting how teenagers see the world.—BookPageThis language sets a perfect tone for the story of a teenage boy growing up in a frighteningly futuristic world … The scariest thing of all is its unnerving plausibility.—Raleigh News and ObserverSurely one of the most prescient novels of last 20 years.—Lev GrossmanAs with the best futuristic fiction, it’s scary how little needs to be exaggerated.—NewsdayThe novel is chilling in the way only a well crafted and darkly writ satire can be.—DigBoston.com

M. T. Anderson is the author of the Newbery Honor Book Elf Dog and Owl Head, illustrated by Junyi Wu; the National Book Award winner The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party and Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, which were both Michael L. Printz Honor Books; the National Book Award Finalist Feed; the National Book Award Finalist The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, cocreated with Eugene Yelchin; Yvain: The Knight of the Lion, illustrated by Andrea Offermann; Symphony for the City of the Dead; Landscape with Invisible Hand; and many other books for children and young adults.

M. T. Anderson lives near Boston, Massachusetts.