Beastly bones : a Jackaby novel / William Ritter.
When dinosaur bones from a recent dig mysteriously go missing, and an unidentifiable beast starts attacking animals and people, leaving their mangled bodies behind, Abigail and her eccentric employer R. F. Jackaby, investigators of the supernatural in 1892 New England, find themselves hunting for a thief, a monster, and a murderer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616203542
- ISBN: 1616203544
- Physical Description: 295 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2015]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. "A Jackaby novel"--Cover. |
Target Audience Note: | 850 Lexile. 850L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.8 10.0 176177. Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.8 10 176177. |
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Subject: | Animals, Mythical > Juvenile fiction. Monsters > Juvenile fiction. New England > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Paranormal fiction. Teen fiction. Young adult fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- 17 of 17 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Polk County.
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Beastly Bones : A Jackaby Novel
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Beastly Bones : A Jackaby Novel
"I've found very little about private detective R. F. Jackaby to be standard in the time I've known him. Working as his assistant tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality . . ." In 1892, New Fiddleham, New England, things are never quite what they seem, especially when Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, are called upon to investigate the supernatural. First, members of a particularly vicious species of shape-shifters disguise themselves as a litter of kittens. A day later, their owner is found murdered, with a single mysterious puncture wound to her neck. Then, in nearby Gad's Valley, dinosaur bones from a recent dig go missing, and an unidentifiable beast attacks animals and people, leaving their mangled bodies behind. Policeman Charlie Cane, exiled from New Fiddleham to the valley, calls on Abigail for help, and soon Abigail and Jackaby are on the hunt for a thief, a monster, and a murderer. Beastly Bones, the second installment in the series, delivers the same quirky humor and unforgettable characters as Jackaby, the book the Chicago Tribune called "Sherlock Holmes crossed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer." A 2016 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Title