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Beautiful City of the Dead
Contributor(s): Watts, Leander (Author)

ISBN: 061859499X ISBN-13: 9780618594993
Publisher: Clarion Books

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2007
Annotation: The author of "Stonecutter" presents the story of a teen girl who joins a rock band, only to find she is in fact the last piece of a tetrad that gives each member of the group a supernatural power.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Historical
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Young Adult Fiction | Performing Arts - Music

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 12-UP

Grade Level: 7-UP

Guided Reading: Z (Grade 7/8)

Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.05" W x 7.03" L (0.43 lbs) 256 pages

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 08/27/2007 pg. 94
Kliatt 09/01/2007 pg. 26

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 107684
Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
"Will keep readers turning pages deep into the night."--The Bulletin "Poetic, wild language, as enigmatic and forceful as rock lyrics."--Booklist Relly's band is called Scorpio Bone. Screaming guitars, crusher drums, and a singer who looks like a golden god. Along comes a girl named Zee, with a bass guitar, a notebook full of strange lyrics, and exactly the right attitude.
Zee joins Relly's band, and immediately their sound is unbelievable; it's like silence screaming. As the band bonds together, inexplicable things start happening and Zee begins to learn her true role in the group. She finds she is the last piece in a tetrad that, once formed, gives the group supernatural powers--each teen in the group represents one of the four elements: earth, air, water, and fire. At their first gig, she realizes that music isn't all there is to Scorpio Bone . . .

Contributor Bio(s): Watts, Leander: - Leander Watts is an author of adult nonfiction and a college English professor. His historical novels provide a welcome antidote to contemporary young adult fiction. He lives in the Genesee Valley in western New York, where he writes and teaches English literature.

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