Review
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
M.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 brillinat satiric vision in the semaless 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 Journal
Many teens will feel a haunting familiarity about this future universe. ― Booklist
Both hilarious and disturbing. ― Booklist Editors' Choice
In 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 Review
Although 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. ― VOYA
Disturbing yet wickedly funny, with as brilliant a use of decayed language as Russell Hoban's post-apocalyptic RIDDLEY WALKER. ― Horn Book Fanfare, The
This dystopic vision is dark but quite believable. Sad and strong and scary. ― Chicago Tribune
The book is fast, shrewd, slang-filled and surprisingly engaging. ― New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year
This 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 Herald
A darkly comic satire that can be read as a promise or a warning. ― Detroit Free Press
The 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 Review
The 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 Review
Frightening 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 Year
It'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. ― BookPage
This 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 Observer
Surely one of the most prescient novels of last 20 years. ― Lev Grossman
As with the best futuristic fiction, it's scary how little needs to be exaggerated. ― Newsday
The novel is chilling in the way only a well crafted and darkly writ satire can be. ― DigBoston.com
M.T. Anderson mentioned in "Tales From the Slush Pile" ― PW Children's Bookshelf
About the Author
M T. Anderson has worked as a DJ, music reviewer and an editorial assistant at a children's publisher before becoming a writer and teacher of creative writing. He is an author of books for children and young adults. His picture books include, "Handel Who Knew What He Liked", "Strange Mr. Satie", "The Serpent Came to Gloucester" and "Me, All Alone, at the End of the World". His young adult books include, "Thirsty", "Burger Wuss", the dystopian novel "Feed", "The Game of Sunken Places" and also "Whales on Stilts: M.T. Anderson’s Thrilling Tales" and its sequel "The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen". His books are highly acclaimed and he has won several awards including, The Michael L. Printz Honor Book for literary excellence in young adult literature (given by the Young Adult Library Services Association) 2007, and the National Book Award for Young People, for "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1: The Pox Party". "Feed" was named a 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner, a 2003 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book, and a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and "Handel Who Knew What He Liked" was a 2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
