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Croak
Paperback
Series: Croak (Quality)
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9780547608327
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: Mar 20 2012
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
Awards: Gateway Readers Award, Grand Canyon Reader Award, Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice, Rhode Island Teen Book Award, South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteen-year-old Lex's parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort's true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He's a Grim Reaper. And he's going to teach Lex the family business.
She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next. But Lex can't stop her desire for justice--or is it vengeance?--whenever she encounters a murder victim, craving to stop the attackers before they can strike again. Will she ditch Croak and go rogue with her reaper skills?
- Dark Comedy: Lex was supposed to spend the summer shoveling manure. Instead, her Uncle Mort is teaching her the family business--as a Grim Reaper.
- Supernatural Academy: Welcome to Croak, where the curriculum is killer and the only extracurricular is reaping. For a delinquent like Lex, it just might be the perfect school.
- Found Family: Between a mentor who might be insane and a partner with mismatched eyes, Lex is about to discover that the weirdest families are the ones you choose.
- Urban Fantasy with a Twist: When you can stop time and wield a scythe, it's hard not to take justice into your own hands. But crossing that line could get Lex killed--for good.
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