Tales from the sinister city
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Tales from the sinister city volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Ludlow Fitch runs away from his thieving parents in the City, he meets up with the mysterious Joe Zabbidou, who calls himself a secret pawnbroker, and who takes Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of Pagus Parvus, where resentments are many and trust is scarce.
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Tales from the sinister city volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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With his father, a fugitive, falsely accused of multiple murders and the real serial killer stalking the wretched streets of Urbs Umida, Pin Carpue, a young undertaker's assistant, investigates and soon discovers that all of the victims may have attended the performance of a stage magician who claims to be able to raise corpses and make the dead speak.
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Tales from the sinister city volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Although Hector Fitzbaudly has always lived a plush life on the posh side of the River Foedus, he's yearned to slip away from his comfortable home and see the seedy side of Urbs Umida. Unfortunately, he gets his chance when a blackmail artist confronts his father with a terrible secret from his past, and Hector finds himself penniless and on the streets. He is determined to get his revenge against the man responsible, who has been a pauper, a gentleman,...
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Tales from the sinister city volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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The town of Opum Oppidulum is home to the freezing Lake Beluarum and its rumored monster. On an island at the center of the lake is an asylum from which no one has ever escaped. So how will Rex, whose father, Ambrose Grammaticus, has been imprisoned there under false pretenses, prove that Ambrose is not insane? And if Rex can free his father, will his evil stepmother drive them both to madness?