The mesmerist

"Thirteen-year-old Jess and her mother make a living as sham spiritualists--until they discover that Jess is a mesmerist and that she really can talk to the dead. Soon she is plunged into the dark world of Victorian London's supernatural underbelly and learns that the city is under attack by ghouls,...

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Main Author: Smith, Ronald L. (Ronald Lenard), 1959- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
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Summary:"Thirteen-year-old Jess and her mother make a living as sham spiritualists--until they discover that Jess is a mesmerist and that she really can talk to the dead. Soon she is plunged into the dark world of Victorian London's supernatural underbelly and learns that the city is under attack by ghouls, monsters, and spirit summoners"--
Physical Description:261 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780544445284
0544445287
Author Notes:Ronald L. Smith was born in Maine to a miitary family that moved frequently. He is a writer of children's books and won the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

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