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Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) | 
| Author: Kimberly Pauley
Publisher: Mirrorstone
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 128612
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 293
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0786950285
EAN: 9780786950287
ASIN: 0786950285
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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Product Description
Mina Hamilton's parents want her dead. (Or undead to be precise.) They're vampires, and like it or not, Mina must decide whether to become a vampire herself. But Mina's more interested in hanging out with best friend Serena and trying to catch the eye of the too-hot-for-high-school Nathan Able than in the vampire training classes she's being forced to take. How's a girl supposed to find the perfect prom date and pass third-year French when her mom and dad are breathing down her neck--literally?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 awesome vampire book November 10, 2008
Angelica Dimeo (evansville,indiana)
it is very entertaining the dramatic situation the girl is in and the tough choice she has to make
i reccommend this book for any vampire lover
:D
Enchanting Review: Sucks To Be Me October 31, 2008
Enchanting Reviews
SUCKS TO BE ME: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)
KIMBERLY PAULEY
Paranormal YA
Rating: 4.5 Enchantments
Mina Hamilton's grown up with her vampire parents and never really gave much thought about becoming a member of the undead herself, until well, now. It seems word has gotten out that her parents are living with a mortal and even worse yet in their eyes, they know she knows they're vampires. Now the Vampire Council wants Mina to choose, vampire or non-vampire, as soon as possible.
SUCKS TO BE ME is a really unique, hilarious concept. What happens when a girl with vampire parents is forced to choose whether she wants to remain mortal or become a vampire? It's not as easy as a decision as it could be. But with classes, brochures and a semi guidance counselor in the hilarious Ms. Riley, Mina's being steered to making the right choice for her. As Mina finds out, a lot of the popular vampire lore simply isn't true, like they can go out in the sun, just be sure to put on lots of sunscreen.
Ms. Pauley creates some very memorable characters in SUCKS TO BE ME. I particularly enjoyed the classes Mina was forced to take in order to help her choose whether or not to become a vampire. I thought those were some of the funniest scenes in the book and I loved the titles of the handouts/brochures she was given. Mina's uncle is also a really great character.
Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) is Ms. Pauley's first novel. She is the founder and owner of Young Adult Books Central, one of the leading YA (& Kids!) literature sites on the Internet. As a YA book reviewer, she has interviewed authors such as Clive Barker, Lois Duncan, and Garth Nix and keeps up with pretty much anything going on in the YA publishing world. You can visit her personal webpage online at [...]
Lisa
Enchanting Reviews
July 2008
Rocked not sucked! October 24, 2008
Rossana Snee (Lakewood, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With all the serious vampire books currently out, this one was a nice little funny satire; a breather. I loved it! It was funny and very well written. I would definitely recommend it for someone who wants to be entertained. Fun, light read. I thought the concept was genius.
love it :) <333 October 11, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love STBM. when I first got the book, my mom told me "maybe you can give the book to your friend for her birthday and we can always just buy another one." So I started reading immediately and I loved the book! Towards the end of the book, I was reading on the couch and I looked at the time and realized I had been reading for and hour and a half (okay, I'm not a bookworm, but thats a lonnnggg time... for anyone!!!). I'm not a lightning-fast reader, so truthfully I can't say I read it all in one day... (heehee) but the friend I gave it to did! I love this book and I definitely recommend it.......... can't wait until the next one!!!
oh yeah, I forgot the summary..................
summary:
Mina is a high-school girl who has vampires for parents. One day, she discovers that she has to decide to become a vampire or not..... Mina is forced to take "vampire lessons" to learn about becoming a vampire and to decide whether or not she wants to become one... She deals with boy problems and prom, weird parents, and funny situations =). I hope you enjoy the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Life changing experience September 27, 2008
Dixie McCarty (Elberton, GA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mina has a life changing or is that death changing decision to make. This comes on top of deciding what to wear, the cute boy in her class, who will she go to prom with, and dealing with her weird uncle.
Besides being a fun read written in a quirky manner Sucks to be Me goes hand in hand with the major decisions that high school student make every year. Who they date, grades, what to major in at the college they choose, all are life changing decisions.
This would be an excellent book to use in a classroom in middle or high school. With so many possible scenarios of decision making it would get students thinking about what they do today and how it affects the future.
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