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The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding (a Prosper Redding Book, Book 1)
Contributor(s): Bracken, Alexandra (Author)

ISBN: 1484778170 ISBN-13: 9781484778173
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2017
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2016058799

Age Level: 9-12

Grade Level: 4-7

Lexile Measure: 810(Not Available)

Series: Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding

Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (1.20 lbs) 368 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Family

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/03/2017
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017
Booklist 08/01/2017 pg. 80
School Library Journal 09/01/2017
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 67 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 190481
Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 13.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
The first in a devious and delightful new series by Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds, soon to be a major motion picture.
*An infectious, entertaining series starter. Clever, occasionally frightening, and always fun, this will hook plenty. --Booklist, starred review
*Bracken's cast is drawn in loving detail, and her twisty plot will keep readers guessing. --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"I would say it's a pleasure to meet thee, Prosperity Oceanus Redding, but truly, I only anticipate the delights of destroying thy happiness...."
Prosper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family history--that is, until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosper's great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather made--and then broke--a contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude. And, weirdly enough, eight-hundred-year-old Alastor isn't exactly the forgiving type. The fiend has reawakened with one purpose--to destroy the family whose success he ensured and who then betrayed him. With only days to break the curse and banish Alastor back to the demon realm, Prosper is playing unwilling host to the fiend, who delights in tormenting him with nasty insults and constant attempts to trick him into a contract. Yeah, Prosper will take his afterlife without a side of eternal servitude, thanks. But with the help of his long-lost uncle, Barnabas, and his daughter, Nell, a witch-in-training, it seems like Prosper has at least a fighting chance of ridding himself of Alastor before the demon escapes and wreaks havoc on his family.
Little does Prosper know, the malefactor's control over his body grows stronger with each passing night and there's a lot Alastor isn't telling his dim-witted (but admittedly strong-willed) human host...
From #1 New York Times best-selling author Alexandra Bracken comes a tale of betrayal and revenge, of old hurts passed down from generation to generation. Can you ever fully right a wrong, ever truly escape your history? Or will Prosper and Alastor be doomed to repeat it?

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