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Author:

Fama, Elizabeth.

Title:

Monstrous beauty / Elizabeth Fama.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

295 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Mermaids--Juvenile fiction.
Murder--Juvenile fiction.
Massachusetts--Juvenile fiction.
Massachusetts--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Mermaids--Fiction.
Ghosts--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Supernatural--Fiction.
Massachusetts--Fiction.
Massachusetts--History--19th century--Fiction.
Mermaids.
Murder.
Massachusetts.
Mermaids and mermen--Fiction.
Ghost stories.
Homicide--Fiction.
Supernatural--Fiction.
Massachusetts--History--Fiction.
1800 - 1899
Paranormal fiction.
Historical fiction.
Ghost stories.
Young adult works.
History.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Occult fiction--Juvenile.
Ghost stories--Juvenile.
Occult fiction.
Ghost stories.
Ghost stories.
Paranormal fiction.
Historical fiction.
Young adult fiction.

Notes:

Novel.

Summary:

Tells, in alternating chapters, the story of the mermaid Syrenka's love for Ezra in 1872 that leads to a series of horrific murders, and present-day Hester's encounter with a ghost that reveals her connection to the murders and to Syrenka.

ISBN:

1250034256
9781250034250
0374373663
9780374373665

OCLC:

(OCoLC)756767595

LCCN:

2011031668

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City) — Copies: 20