A twelve-year-old cemetery boy and monster hunterâ€"along with his flesh-eating mermaid friendâ€"has to race against the clock to save the ghost of his dead mother in Brick Dust and Bones, M.R. Fournet's magical middle grade debut. Nothing’s more ...
The variety of monsters in the story results in high-stakes action sequences. Throughout, the Deep South setting is as vivid and authentic as the interpersonal relationships, and many of the decisions characters make have to do with the bonds of trus...