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202 pp.
| Simon
| August, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-9764-1$15.99
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4-6
This novel imagines magical mischief inserted into Poe's childhood. Here young Edgar must prove his innocence in connection with the mysterious destruction of a chicken coop. The text's transitions between fact and fantasy can be awkward; roughly shaded drawings are more effective in hinting at the murky distinction between real and fantastical.