Product Details
Margaret K. McElderry, April 2009
eBook, 512 pages
ISBN-10: 1416995757
ISBN-13: 9781416995753
Ages: 14 and up
Grades: 9 and up
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Chapter 1Awards and Nominations
- Abraham Lincoln Book Award Master List (IL)
- Evergreen Book Award Master List (WA)
- Florida Teens Read Master List
- Georgia Peach Book Award Master List
- Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee (AZ)
- Nevada Young Reader's Award Nominee
- Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
- Texas Tayshas High School Reading List
- The Flume: New Hampshire Teen Reader's Choice Award Nominee
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Their hidden world is about to be revealed....
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon.
But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....Hear an Excerpt from the Audiobook
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