A Taste for Monsters
New York : Scholastic Press, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition, October 2016.
Description: 343 pages ; 22 cm
In 1888 seventeen-year-old Evelyn Fallow, herself disfigured by the phosphorus in the match factory where she worked, has been hired as a maid to Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man--but when the Jack the Ripper murders begin she and Merrick find themselves haunted by the ghosts of the slain women, and Evelyn is caught up in the mystery of Jack's identity.
Subjects:
Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890 -- Teen fiction.
Jack, the Ripper -- Teen fiction.
Phosphorus -- Physiological effect -- Teen fiction.
Neurofibromatosis -- Teen fiction.
Ghost stories -- Teen fiction.
Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Teen fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Teen fiction.
Disfigured persons -- Teen fiction.
Ghosts -- Teen fiction.
Serial murderers -- Teen fiction.
Murder -- Teen fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Teen fiction.
Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890 -- Teen fiction.
Jack, the Ripper -- Teen fiction.
Phosphorus -- Physiological effect -- Teen fiction.
Neurofibromatosis -- Teen fiction.
Ghost stories -- Teen fiction.
Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Teen fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Teen fiction.
Disfigured persons -- Teen fiction.
Ghosts -- Teen fiction.
Serial murderers -- Teen fiction.
Murder -- Teen fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: 850L
ISBN:
9780545817844