City of bones
Record details
- ISBN: 1416914285
- ISBN: 9781416914280
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Physical Description:
485 p. ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007.
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- 2 of 5 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | YA CLARE C (Text) | 33126024792834 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | YA CLARE C (Text) | 33126025307210 | YA Fiction | Checked out | 05/06/2024 |
Erlanger Branch | YA CLARE C (Text) | 33126025307236 | YA Fiction | Checked out | 05/07/2024 |
Independence Branch | YA CLARE C (Text) | 33126020780775 | YA Fiction | Checked out | 04/27/2024 |
Independence Branch | YA CLARE C (Text) | 33126025307228 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2007 May
Gr 8 Up âWhen Clary Fray witnesses three tattoo-covered teenagers murder another teen, she is unable to prove the crime because the victim disappears right in front of her eyes, and no one else can see the killers. She learns that the teens are Shadowhunters (humans who hunt and kill demons), and Clary, a "mundie" (i.e., mundane human), should not be able to see them either. Shortly after this discovery, her mother, Jocelyn, an erstwhile Shadowhunter, is kidnapped. Jocelyn is the only person who knows the whereabouts of "The Mortal Cup," a dangerous magical item that turns humans into Shadowhunters. Clary must find the cup and keep it from a renegade sector of Shadowhunters bent on eliminating all nonhumans, including benevolent werewolves and friendly vampires. Amid motorcycles powered by demon energies, a telepathic brotherhood of archivists, and other moments of great urban fantasy, the story gets sidetracked by cutesy touches, like the "toasted bat sandwich" on the menu of an otherworldly restaurant. The characters are sporadically characterized and tend toward behavior that is both predictable and slightly repellentâClary finds out who her real father is about 200 pages after readers will have it figured out. Despite the narrative flaws, this version of New York, full of Buffyesque teens who are trying to save the world, is entertaining and will have fantasy readers anxiously awaiting the next book in the series.âHeather M. Campbell, Philip S. Miller Library, Castle Rock, CO
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