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Miss Peregrine volume Related works
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
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.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old foul-mouthed Westie, the notorious adopted daughter of local inventor Nigel Butler, lives in the lawless western town of Rogue City where she sets out to prove the wealthy investors in a magical technology that will save her city are the cannibals that killed her family and took her arm when she was a child.
7) The Savages
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A girl shocks her parents by bringing home her vegetarian boyfriend while a private detective digs for truths about this seemingly normal family hiding secrets of their cannibalism.
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Yan Lianke―“China’s most feted and most banned author” (Financial Times)―is a master of imaginative satire, and his prize-winning works have been published around the world to the highest honors. Now, his two most acclaimed novellas are collected here in a single volume―masterfully crafted stories that explore the sacrifices made for family, the driving will to survive, and the longing to leave behind a personal legacy. Marrow is the...
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