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Ordinary monsters / J.M. Miro.

Miro, J. M., (author.).

Summary:
"England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness-a man made of smoke. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal, from the gaslit streets of London, and the wooden theatres of Meiji-era Tokyo, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts - the Talents - have been gathered. There, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, Marlowe, Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities, and the nature of what is stalking them: that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts. Riveting in its scope, exquisitely written, Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world-and of the gifted, broken children who must save it"-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250833662
  • ISBN: 1250833663
  • Physical Description: 660 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, [2022]
Subject: Children > Fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
Monsters > Fiction.
Good and evil > Fiction.
Threat (Psychology) > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Fiction.
Genre: Paranormal fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 22 of 26 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 5 current holds with 26 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library FICTION MIRO (Text) 50687011782052 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MIRO (Text) 50686016177631 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F MIR (Text) 33240004960483 Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/20/2024
Carbondale Public Library FICTION MIRO (Text) 50688010819259 Adult Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library FIC MIRO (Text) 61000100083381 Adult Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library FF FIC MIRO J.M. (Text) 35740635849482 Science Fiction/Fantasy In Transit -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) SF MIR (Text) 92525548 GFWM Main Room Available -
Highland Community Library F MIR (Text) 35610000996640 HGHM Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Miro (Text) 39427103659843 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Juniata County Library F MIR (Text) 39640100637758 JUNM Fiction Available -

Summary: "England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness-a man made of smoke. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal, from the gaslit streets of London, and the wooden theatres of Meiji-era Tokyo, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts - the Talents - have been gathered. There, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, Marlowe, Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities, and the nature of what is stalking them: that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts. Riveting in its scope, exquisitely written, Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world-and of the gifted, broken children who must save it"--

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