| A Taste for Monsters Contributor(s): Kirby, Matthew J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0545817846 ISBN-13: 9780545817844 Publisher: Scholastic Press OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories - Young Adult Fiction | Ghost Stories - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Europe |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015048826 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.75" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 185151 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The mesmerizing story of a young woman in Victorian London, who, haunted by the ghosts of Jack the Ripper's victims, is set on a terrifying path to salvation.London 1888, and Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the people of the city. Evelyn, a young woman disfigured by her dangerous work in a matchstick factory with nowhere to go, does not know what to make of her new position as a maid to the Elephant Man in London Hospital. Evelyn wanted to be locked away from the world, like he is, shut away from the filth and dangers of the streets. But in Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, she finds a gentle kindred, who does not recoil from her, and who understands her pain. When the murders begin, however, Joseph and Evelyn are haunted nightly by the ghosts of the Ripper's dead, setting Evelyn on a path to facing her fears and uncovering humanity's worst nightmares, in which the real monsters are men.A terrifying and haunting tale from the Edgar and PEN Award-winning author of Icefall, Matthew J. Kirby. |