**A gripping historical fiction friendship story that will grab everyone by the heartstrings and never let go.** **A giant, a dwarf, and three doomed circus animals . . .** By her fourteenth birthday, Babe Killingsworth measures 6ΚΉ9ΚΊ and weighs 342 pounds. In 1896, what other options does a giant
The curiosities: a collection of stories
β Scribed by Brenna Yovanoff
- Publisher
- Lerner Publishing Group;Carolrhoda Lab
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 893 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
From acclaimed and New York Times bestselling YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories.
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A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck.
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Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing.
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A world where fires never go out (with references to vanilla ice cream).
These are but a few of the curiosities collected in this volume of short stories by three acclaimed practitioners of paranormal fiction.
But The Curiosities is more than the stories. Since 2008, Maggie, Tessa, and Brenna have posted more than 250 works of short fiction to their website merryfates.com. Their goal was simple: create a space for experimentation and improvisation in their writingall in public and without a backspace key. In that spirit, The Curiosities includes the stories and each author's...
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