The Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden

What if you found your own grave--and it wasn't empty? Discover the dark delights of faeries and fortune-tellers in this gently spooky book from the author of Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times, sure to appeal to fans of Coraline.

Grave robbing is a messy business.

A bad business. And for Thomas Marsden, on what was previously an unremarkable spring night in London, it becomes a very spooky business. For lying in an unmarked grave and half covered with dirt is a boy the spitting image of Thomas himself. This is only the first clue that something very strange is happening. Others follow, but it is a fortune-teller's frightened screams that lead Thomas into a strange world of spiritualists, death, and faery folk. Faery folk with whom Thomas's life is bizarrely linked. Faery folk who need his help.

Desperate to unearth the truth about himself and where he comes from, Thomas is about to discover magic, ritual, and the uncanny truth that sometimes the things that make a boy ordinary are what make him extraordinary.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/28/2015
ISBN: 9781442498822
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2015
School Library Journal 05/01/2015 pg. 106
Booklist 05/15/2015 pg. 65
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 149
Publishers Weekly 08/03/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2015

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 175555 / Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8