Beautiful Creatures
By Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl
(Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, 9780316042673, 576pp.)
Publication Date: December 2009
Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Love & Romance, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Winter 2009 Kids' ListThere were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.
In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.
Kami Garcia is a teacher and reading specialist with an MA in education, and leads book groups for children and teenagers. Margaret Stohl has an MA in English and studied creative writing under poet George MacBeth at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. They both live in Los Angeles, California, with their families. Beautiful Creatures is their debut novel.
Praise for Beautiful Creatures:
"Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric, and original. I devoured it." - Melissa Marr, NYT bestselling author of Wicked Lovely
"A lush Southern gothic whose memorable, eccentric characters draw you into their captivating world." - Holly Black, NYT bestselling author of Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
"A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy, a cast of fascinating characters, a rich gothic setting - this debut novel is one to watch." - Cassandra Clare, NYT bestselling author of City of Bones
"Like a thick, hot Carolina summer, this story seeps into you until it's all you can think about." - Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth
"Exquisitely told and impossible to forget." - Michelle Zink, author of Prophecy of the Sisters
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