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A taste for monsters

In 1888 seventeen-year-old Evelyn Fallow, herself disfigured by the phosphorus in the match factory where she worked, has been hired as a maid to Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man--but when the Jack the Ripper murders begin she and Merrick find themselves haunted by the ghosts of the slain women, and...

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Main Author: Kirby, Matthew J., 1976- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition, October 2016.
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Jack, > the Ripper > Young adult fiction.
Phosphorus > Physiological effect > Young adult fiction.
Neurofibromatosis > Young adult fiction.
London (England) > History > 19th century > Young adult fiction.
Ghost stories > Young adult.
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Summary:In 1888 seventeen-year-old Evelyn Fallow, herself disfigured by the phosphorus in the match factory where she worked, has been hired as a maid to Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man--but when the Jack the Ripper murders begin she and Merrick find themselves haunted by the ghosts of the slain women, and Evelyn is caught up in the mystery of Jack's identity.
Physical Description:343 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780545817844
0545817846
Author Notes:Matthew J. Kirby is the critically acclaimed author of the middle-grade novels Icefall , which won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery and the PEN Literary Award for Children's Literature; The Clockwork Three , which was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start; The Lost Kingdom ; Last Descendants , an Assassin's Creed novel; The Quantum League: Spell Robbers ; and Cave of Wonders , the fifth book in the Infinity Ring series. He was born in Utah and grew up in Maryland, California, and Hawaii. Matthew is currently at work on his next novel.

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