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Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy series.
Shreve, Jack, and their fellow extranaturals must use their magic to defeat the Conformity, the malevolent entity causing psychic turmoil, or humankind will forever be subject to its incomprehensible powers. The fully developed teen characters' battle to save the world is imaginative and viscerally descriptive. Fans of the trilogy should be satisfied with this heartrending and dramatic conclusion.
Reviewer: Sian Gaetano
(3)
YA
Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy series.
Polydactyl hero Shreve, now sixteen, escapes from Tulaville Psychiatric Hospital to seek Hiram Quincrux--the monster behind an insomnia epidemic causing mayhem in the U.S.--and pit his own "extranatural" powers, his shibboleth, against Quincrux's. The sheer weirdness of it all will captivate readers and involve them in a memorable second installment that nicely sets up what's sure to be a dramatic conclusion.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
(2)
YA
Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy series.
When the mysterious Quincrux and his witchy counterpart Ilsa begin stalking boys'-home residents Shreve and Jack, twelve-fingered Jack's special powers are called upon. As the fugitives wander from state to state, the narrative also meanders, but readers will enjoy this trilogy debut, a wild and riveting tale full of allusions to fairy tales, movies, and comic book heroes.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
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March, 2013
3 reviews
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