The Peculiars
  • Published:
    May-2012 (Hardcover)
    Mar-2014 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Fantasy
  • Pages:
    384
  • Age Level:
    12 & up
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On her 18th birthday, Lena Mattacascar decides to leave her mother and grandmother, and their comfortable home in the City, to search for her father, who disappeared into the northern wilderness known as Scree when she was a child. Scree is an untamed part of the country that is said to be inhabited by Peculiars -- people whose unusual characteristics make them unacceptable to modern society -- as well as by folks who are "strange," have "unnatural talents," or are outlaws. The local authorities and even the family doctor all believe Lena's father to have personality "flaws," which causes Lena to wonder if, she is like him. Is he a Peculiar? Is she a Peculiar?

On the train north, Lena meets Jimson Quiggley, a young librarian who's traveling to Knoster, a town on the edge of Scree, to work in the private library of the inventor Tobias Beasley. En route, they cross paths with the handsome young marshal Thomas Saltre. When the marshal follows Lena to Knoster, she is unsure of his true motivations. In town, she learns more about the unusual Mr. Beasley; his mysterious home, called Zephyr House; and the strange folk who go there but never come out again.

But Lena still longs to go to Scree and find her father, even if that means confronting her deepest fears. This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk and fantasy.
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    • Mar-2014
    • Amulet
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1419712063
    • ISBN13: 9781419712067
    • First Edition
    • May-2012
    • Amulet
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1419701789
    • ISBN13: 9781419701788
    •  
    • Mar-2014
    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1627655026
    • ISBN13: 9781627655026
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • May-2012
    • Harry N. Abrams
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1613123086
    • ISBN13: 9781613123089



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