The Bone Magician

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Synopsis
Pin Carpue is on his own in the world. His mother is dead and his father is missing after being labeled a suspect in a rash of murders. Pin finds a job working for the local undertaker as a body watcher, making sure people are really dead before they're buried. The body he's supposed to be watching tonight is currently surrounded by three people engaged in a most unusual ceremony. An old man, a bone magician, and his young female assistant are waking a woman so her grieving fiancé can have one last goodbye with her. Pin can't believe it will work, but then the dead woman sits up and speaks.Pin is determined to discover how the magic works. He cannot believe they are raising the dead. He cannot believe his father is a murderer. Then Pin himself nearly becomes the killer's next victim.As this mysterious tale unfolds with delicious creepiness, Pin will learn more about the bone magician, the girl Juno, and a hideous creature called the Gluttonous Beast that is kept in a local tavern where people pay for a glimpse.Once again, F.E. Higgins delivers a story that is full of intrigue and suspense.
Copyright:
2008

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781429990899
Related ISBNs:
9780312368456
Publisher:
Feiwel & Friends
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
F. E. Higgins.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Grade Levels:
Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade
Reading Age:
10–14
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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