The Isle of Blood
Readers rate it 4.1 (17 on Hardcover)
538 pages · Released 2011 · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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The Isle of Blood is the third book in Rick Yancey's Monstrumology series, featuring graphic horror and dark violence appropriate for older middle-grade and teen readers. The story centers on a twelve-year-old orphan's encounter with monsters and dangerous situations, with visceral descriptions of creature attacks and human casualties that create sustained dread. While the protagonist shows courage and loyalty, the relentlessly dark tone and mature themes mean this is best suited for readers aged 12 and up who enjoy horror fiction, not younger elementary readers.
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When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology" in 1888, twelve-year-old orphan Will Henry follows him to Socotra, plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far. When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology" in 1888, twelve-year-old orphan Will Henry follows him to Socotra, plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far.
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- Supernatural
- Apprentices
- Horror stories
- Orphans
- Monsters
- Fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Children's fiction
- Supernatural, fiction
- Monsters, fiction
- Apprentices, fiction
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ISBN 9781416984528 · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers