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A taste for monsters

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Author:
Kirby, Matthew J., 1976-
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Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Points: 14
Lexile measure:
850L
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In 1888 seventeen-year-old Evelyn Fallow, herself disfigured by the phosphorus in the match factory where she worked, has been hired as a maid to Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man--but when the Jack the Ripper murders begin she and Merrick find themselves haunted by the ghosts of the slain women, and Evelyn is caught up in the mystery of Jack's identity.

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Detective and mystery fiction
Disfigured persons
Disfigured persons -- Fiction
Disfigured persons -- Juvenile fiction
Electronic books
Europe
Fiction
Ghosts
Ghosts -- Fiction
Ghost stories
Ghost stories. -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction
Historical fiction
History
Horror fiction
Investigation
Jack
Jack, -- Fiction
Jack, -- Juvenile fiction
Jack, -- the Ripper -- Juvenile fiction
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
London (England) -- History -- Fiction
London (England) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
Merrick, Joseph Carey
Merrick, Joseph Carey, -- 1862-1890 -- Juvenile fiction
Merrick, Joseph Carey, -- Fiction
Merrick, Joseph Carey, -- Juvenile fiction
Murder
Murder -- Fiction
Murder -- History -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Murder -- Juvenile fiction
Neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis -- Fiction
Neurofibromatosis -- Juvenile fiction
Phosphorus
Phosphorus -- Physiological effect -- Fiction
Phosphorus -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile fiction
Physiological effect
Serial murderers
Serial murderers -- Fiction
Serial murderers -- Juvenile fiction
Serial murders
Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Serial murders -- History -- Fiction
Young adult fiction
Young adult fiction -- Fiction
Young Adult Literature

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Mountford, Anna,reader
ISBN:
9780545817844
9780545817943
9781338244014
Accelerated Reader:
MG+
Level 5.7, 14 Points
Lexile measure:
850L

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Electronic books
Europe
Fiction
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Ghosts -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Fiction
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Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
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Serial murderers -- Fiction
Serial murderers -- Juvenile fiction
Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Serial murders -- History -- Fiction
Young adult fiction -- Fiction
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Physiological effect
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