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The dreadful tale of Prosper Redding / Alexandra Bracken.
A modern New England boy must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family's curse.
Record details
- ISBN: 1484778170
- ISBN: 9781484778173
- Physical Description: 362 pages
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Los Angeles : Disney-Hyperion, 2017.
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 17.99 |
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| Subject: | Demonology > Juvenile fiction. Blessing and cursing > Juvenile fiction. New England > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | J FIC Brack | 31681020059267 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A seemingly unremarkable youth races against time to break a curse when he discovers that his body is host to a vengeful demon that seeks to destroy the boy's magical family. By the best-selling author of the Darkest Minds series. Simultaneous eBook. 200,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
A modern New England boy must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family's curse. - Grand Central PubThe first in a "devious and delightful" new series by Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds, soon to be a major motion picture.*"An infectious, entertaining series starter. Clever, occasionally frightening, and always fun, this will hook plenty."âBooklist, starred review*"Bracken's cast is drawn in loving detail, and her twisty plot will keep readers guessing."âPublishers Weekly, starred reviewâI would say itâs a pleasure to meet thee, Prosperity Oceanus Redding, but truly, I only anticipate the delights of destroying thy happinessâ¦.âProsper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family historyâthat is, until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosperâs great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather madeâand then brokeâa contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude. And, weirdly enough, eight-hundred-year-old Alastor isnât exactly the forgiving type.The fiend has reawakened with one purpose--to destroy the family whose success he ensured and who then betrayed him. With only days to break the curse and banish Alastor back to the demon realm, Prosper is playing unwilling host to the fiend, who delights in tormenting him with nasty insults and constant attempts to trick him into a contract. Yeah, Prosper will take his afterlife without a side of eternal servitude, thanks. But with the help of his long-lost uncle, Barnabas, and his daughter, Nell, a witch-in-training, it seems like Prosper has at least a fighting chance of ridding himself of Alastor before the demon escapes and wreaks havoc on his family.Little does Prosper know, the malefactorâs control over his body grows stronger with each passing night and thereâs a lot Alastor isnât telling his dim-witted (but admittedly strong-willed) human hostâ¦From #1 New York Times best-selling author Alexandra Bracken comes a tale of betrayal and revenge, of old hurts passed down from generation to generation. Can you ever fully right a wrong, ever truly escape your history? Or will Prosper and Alastor be doomed to repeat it?
