Death and Douglas (eBook)

J. W. Ocker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
372 Seiten
Sky Pony Press (Verlag)
978-1-5107-2462-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A warm and beautifully written—but also dark and macabre—middle grade novel about a boy whose family runs the local small-town funeral home.

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Douglas has grown up around the business of death. Generations of his family have run the Mortimer Family Funeral Home. The mortician and gravediggers are all his buddies. And the display room of caskets is an awesome place for hide and seek. Its business as usual in Douglass small New England town. Until one day an incredibly out of the ordinary murder victim is brought to the funeral home. And more startling: others follow. On the cusp of Halloween, a serial killer has arrived. And unsatisfied with the small-town investigation, Douglas enlists his friends to help him solve the mystery. With sumptuous descriptions of a bucolic town and its quirky people, fascinating yet middle gradeappropriate insider information about the funeral process, and a crackling mystery with a heart-pounding conclusionDeath and Douglas has something for readers young and old.

Autor

J. W. Ocker is the Edgar Award–winning author of Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe. His work has appeared in Rue Morgue magazine, the Boston Globe, CNN, the Atlantic, and other places people stick writing. He’s from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire since 2008. This is his first book for children.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Religion / Philosophie / Psychologie
• Schlagworte: 10+ • 10up • books about destiny • books for fans of dead end in norvelt • books for fans of denton’s little death day • books for fans of serafina and the black cloak • books for fans of the boy in the black suit • books for fans of the graveyard book • books for fans of the night gardener • books for halloween • books for middle graders • books for readers 10 & up • boy in the black suit • Cemetary • Coraline • Courage • creepy • dead end in norvelt • denton’s little death day • dig • Edgar • edgar-award winner • edgar award-winning author • Family • Family Business • Friends • Friendship • generational story • grave • gravedigger • Graveyard • Halloween • heart-pounding • jack gantos • Jason Reynolds • jonathan auxier • j.w. ocker • Middle Grade • middle grade mystery • middle grade thiller • mortician • mortuary • Mystery • Neil Gaiman • patrick moody • Robert beatty • serafina and the black cloak • serial killer • shovel • Small Town • small-town investigation • spooky • spooky middle grade • ten up • the gravedigger’s son • the graveyard book • the night gardener • Thriller • thrilling
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-2462-1 / 1510724621
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-2462-4 / 9781510724624