Annie's Uncle Marco goes on one of his mysterious trips, leaving her in charge of two sealed boxes on one condition: she must not open either one while he is away. But she is tempted...and soon she has unleashed the unspeakable. The creatures inside the box are crab-like and grotesque. And they poss
The Boxes
โ Scribed by Sleator, William
- Book ID
- 108579932
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Series
- Marco's Millions 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101142554
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โฆ Synopsis
Annie's Uncle Marco goes on one of his mysterious trips, leaving her in charge of two sealed boxes on one condition: she must not open either one while he is away. But she is tempted...and soon she has unleashed the unspeakable. The creatures inside the box are crab-like and grotesque. And they possess a power Annie could never have imagined: the power to transmute time. "Sleator is the master of the creepy-crawly, and his inventiveness is at full power here." --The Horn Book
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