| Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales Contributor(s): Link, Kelly (Editor), Grant, Gavin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0763664731 ISBN-13: 9780763664732 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Monsters - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Dark Fantasy - Young Adult Fiction | Short Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013953536 |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.7" W x 9.2" (1.85 lbs) 480 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 168785 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 20.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fifteen top voices in speculative fiction explore the intersection of fear and love in a haunting, at times hilarious, darkly imaginative volume. Predatory kraken that sing with -- and for -- their kin; band members and betrayed friends who happen to be demonic; harpies as likely to attract as repel. Welcome to a world where humans live side by side with monsters, from vampires both nostalgic and bumbling to an eight-legged alien who makes tea. Here you'll find mercurial forms that burrow into warm fat, spectral boy toys, a Maori force of nature, a landform that claims lives, and an architect of hell on earth. Through these and a few monsters that defy categorization, some of today's top young-adult authors explore ambition and sacrifice, loneliness and rage, love requited and avenged, and the boundless potential for connection, even across extreme borders. With monstrous stories by M. T. Anderson Paolo Bacigalupi Nathan Ballingrud Holly Black Sarah Rees Brennan Cassandra Clare Nalo Hopkinson Dylan Horrocks Nik Houser Alice Sola Kim Kathleen Jennings Joshua Lewis Kelly Link Patrick Ness G. Carl Purcell |