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Playing with fire
By Landy, Derek
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06124-088-1
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c2008.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 5-9 In this sequel to "Skulduggery Pleasant" (HarperCollins, 2007), 13-year-old Valkyrie Cain and her mentor, the living skeleton detective, are faced with the return of the evil Baron Vengeous, who has been freed from prison. Vengeous is trying to reanimate the Grotesquery, a monster made up of pieces of a variety of evil creatures. If his scheme is successful, the Faceless Ones, "the terrible dark gods, exiled from this world," will return. Faced with treachery within the ranks of go...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Valkyrie Cain, née Stephanie Edgley, may be only thirteen, but, paired with suave skeleton Skulduggery Pleasant, she is the pretti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
