The Watcher in the Shadows (Inquisitor's Apprentice)
“A fabulously imaginative historical fantasy.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review of The Inquisitor’s Apprentice At the turn of the twentieth century, New York’s Bowery District becomes the scene of a terrible murder when the Klezmer King gets fried to a crisp by his Electric Tuxedo—on stage!...
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“A fabulously imaginative historical fantasy.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review of The Inquisitor’s Apprentice At the turn of the twentieth century, New York’s Bowery District becomes the scene of a terrible murder when the Klezmer King gets fried to a crisp by his Electric Tuxedo—on stage! The Inquisitor’s apprentice, thirteen-year-old Sacha Kessler, tries to help find the killer, but the closer he gets to solving the crime, the more it sounds as if the creature that haunted him in his first adventure is back. Worse still, his own Jewish family is in danger. Sacha has avoided learning magic until now, but as his world falls apart around him, he changes his mind.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547466323 (0547466323)
ASIN: 0547466323
Publish date: 2013-05-28
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Jewish,
Alternate History,
Fiction,
Historical
If I had to pitch this to a classic kid lit lover, I would say that this series is All of a Kind Family with magic. It just keeps getting better. I love how developed all the characters are. And I kind of want Inspector Wolf to have his own series, except that I love the MG aspect of it too. Basical...