The Diviners (The Diviners #1)

By: Libba Bray

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Synopsis: Do you believe there are ghosts and demons and Diviners among us? Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfield girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her Uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer.As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened....Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray opens a brand-new historical series with The Diviners, where the glittering surface of the Roaring Twenties hides a mystical horror creeping across the country.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 592 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780316214643
Related ISBNs:: 9780316126113
Publisher:: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date of Addition:: 06/17/21
Copyrighted By:: Martha E. Bray
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Grade Levels:: Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade
Reading Age:: 15 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.