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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans-- 'though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the 'transition.' Now, eating human meat''special...
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Series
Miss Peregrine volume Related works
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Eating one's own kind is completely natural behavior in thousands of species, including humans. Throughout history we have engaged in cannibalism for reasons relating to famine, burial rites, and medicinal remedies. Cannibalism has been used as a form of terrorism but also as the ultimate expression of filial piety. With unexpected wit and a wealth of knowledge, Bill Schutt, a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"William Day should be an acclaimed Arctic explorer. But after a failed expedition, in which his remaining men only survived by eating their dead comrades, he returned in disgrace. Thirteen years later, his second-in-command, Jesse Stevens, has gone missing in the same frozen waters. Perhaps this is Day’s chance to restore his tarnished reputation by bringing Stevens—the man who’s haunted his whole life—back home. But when the rescue...
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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final nature is “the marbled swarm” itself, a complex amalgam of language passed down from father to son. Cooper ensnares the reader in a world of appearances, where the trappings of high art, old money, and haute cuisine obscure an unspeakable system of coercion and surrender. And as the narrator...
7) Offspring
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Series
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
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The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this isolated town are fighting for their lives
Author
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A group of friends vacationing at a remote Colorado cabin find themselves stranded by a blizzard and stalked by cannibalistic monsters.
Ryan Adler and his twin sister, Jane, spent their happiest childhood days at their parents’ mountain Colorado cabin―until divorce tore their family apart. Now, with the house about to be sold, the Adler twins gather with their closest friends for one last snowboarding-filled holiday. While commitment-phobic Ryan...
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Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism, and satanic rituals are just a few of the horrors that await them.
Two couples, Jerry, Bill, Mary, and Denise, are out on the road hoping to write a book on offbeat roadside attractions. When the four meet Captain Spaulding, they learn of the legend...
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NBCUniversal, Inc
Pub. Date
p2014.
Language
English
Description
Will is locked in a mental asylum accused of Hannibal Lecter's crimes. Now that Will knows what Hannibal is, he faces a fight to prove his own sanity and convince those closest to him that he is innocent. Jack is dealing with his own feelings about Will, and whether his protege is a killer. Looking for answers, Jack looks to Lecter, who becomes the new consultant on cases. Lecter is torn between saving himself and keeping Will close to him, despite...
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Entertainment One Film USA
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer...
Author
Series
Hannibal Lecter novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles serial killer Hannibal Lecter's childhood and early adulthood after being taken from a Soviet orphanage to live with his uncle and aunt in France. He becomes the youngest person ever to attend medical school in France.
15) Road to Zanzibar
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
The second of the famous "Road" pictures starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as a couple of scheming carnival performers.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Wes Craven's cult classic finds an all-American suburban family fighting for their lives against an inbred family of marauding cannibals. Stuck in the desert after their car breaks down, the Carter family become play-things for the bloodthirsty clan.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A harrowing, moving memoir of the 1972 plane crash that left its survivors stranded on a glacier in the Andes—and one man’s quest to lead them all home
“In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took—and what it actually felt like—to survive high in the Andes for seventy-two days after having been given...
“In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took—and what it actually felt like—to survive high in the Andes for seventy-two days after having been given...
19) Bones and all
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Now a major motion picture from Luca Guadagnino starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet and Mark Rylance, screenplay by David Kajganich! Maren Yearly is a young woman who wants the same things we all do. She wants to be someone people admire and respect. She wants to be loved. But her secret, shameful needs have forced her into exile. She hates herself for the bad thing she does, for what it's done to her family and her sense of identity, for...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Carters are an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to remain empty. When the Carter's car breaks down at the old site, they find themselves stranded. As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually...
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