Once There Was
β Scribed by Kiyash Monsef
- Book ID
- 111466149
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 523 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781665928526
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A New York Times bestseller!
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them meets Neil Gaiman in this thrilling novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to mythical creatures--and that she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
Once was, once wasn't.
So began the stories Marjan's father told her as a little girl--fables like the story of the girl who sprung a unicorn from a hunter's snare, or the nomad boy who rescued a baby shirdal. Tales of extraordinary beasts that filled her with curiosity and wonder.
But Marjan's not a little girl anymore. In the wake of her father's sudden death, she is trying to hold it all together: her schoolwork, friendships, and keeping her dad's shoestring veterinary practice from going under. Then, one day, she receives a visitor who reveals something stunning: Marjan's father was no ordinary veterinarian. The creatures...
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