04267cam a2200577 4500 1719130568 TxAuBib 20241117120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250833747 1250833744 B09CNFB9VR Amazon 0e067dce-585e-42ad-a2b9-b5c54dfc6348 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6492976 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Miro, J. M. Ordinary Monsters [Libby] : A Novel. Flatiron Books, 2022. London. Friendship. Historical. Safety. Victorian England. dust. Paranormal. detective. supernatural. Death. magical. Adventure. revenge. enchanting. gifts. escape. Smoke. friends. Darkness. school. nail-biting. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3199kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fantasy. Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Charles Dickens meets Joss Whedon in Miro's otherworldly Netflix-binge-like novel."</b> <b>—<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /> <b>MOST ANTICIPATED SFF BOOK of 2022 by <i>Tor, The Nerd Daily, BookBub, Philadelphia Inquirer, Goodreads, CrimeReads, Buzzfeed, Professional Book Nerds</i>, and more!</b><br /> <b>BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2022 by <i>SheReads, Book Riot, Goodreads, Gizmodo, Daily Beast, Paste Magazine,</i> and more!</b><br /> <b><i>IN THIS STUNNING HISTORICAL FANTASY</i>, journey to the Victorian era, as children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness in a battle of good vs. evil...</b><br /> "<i>Ordinary Monsters</i> is a towering achievement: a dazzling mountain of wild invention, Dickensian eccentrics, supernatural horrors, and gripping suspense. Be warned... once you step into this penny dreadful to end all penny dreadfuls, you'll never want to leave." —Joe Hill, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Fireman</i> and <i>Heart-Shaped Box</i><br /> Charlie Ovid, despite surviving 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 Alice Quicke, a jaded detective with her own troubled past, 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.<br /> What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal, from the gaslit streets of London, and the wooden theaters of Meiji-era Tokyo, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts—like Komako, a witch-child and twister of dust, and Ribs, a girl who cloaks herself in invisibility—are forced to combat the forces that threaten their safety. There, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. With this new found family, Komako, Marlowe, Charlie, Ribs, and the rest of the Talents discover the truth about their abilities. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, a new question arises: <i>What truly defines a monster?<br /></i><br /> Riveting in its scope, exquisitely written, <i>Ordinary Monsters</i> presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world—and of the gifted, broken children who must save it.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-17 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e067dce-585e-42ad-a2b9-b5c54dfc6348&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e067dce-585e-42ad-a2b9-b5c54dfc6348&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e067dce-585e-42ad-a2b9-b5c54dfc6348&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)