The Egyptian mirror / Michael Bedard.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto, ON : Pajama Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First ediitonDescription: 286 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 177278110X
- 9781772781106
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | BEDARD MICHAEL | Available | 33111010477772 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A darkly fantastic middle-grade mystery with the ominous atmosphere loved by fans of Jonathan Auxier and Jonathan Stroud
Thirteen-year-old Simon's life has been knocked askew ever since his family moved into his deceased grandfather's house. First there's his eccentric neighbor Mr. Hawkins, who is laid up with a broken leg. Simon's mother begins sending him over there with dinner for the elderly man, and soon Mr. Hawkins is depending on Simon to fetch old books and manuscript pages from all over his eerie, mirror-filled house. There's one mirror in particular, an ancient Egyptian piece, that keeps showing Simon visions of a disturbing figure emerging from its depths. No one else sees the figure, though--just like they don't see the huge, gaunt dog lurking in Mr. Hawkins' bushes. As Simon himself becomes increasingly plagued by a mysterious illness, he is powerless to help as his neighbor descends into paranoia about dark forces encircling his house.
The terrible part is, Mr. Hawkins is right. Everything is about to get much, much worse.
With an eerie atmosphere perfect for fans of Jonathan Auxier and Jonathan Stroud, The Egyptian Mirror is a deliciously unsettling mystery from Michael Bedard, the author of The Green Man , A Darker Magic , and the Governor General's Award-winning Redwork .
"Thirteen-year-old Simon and his friend Abbey become embroiled in mysterious and fantastical events surrounding the ancient Egyptian mirror of Simon's elderly neighbor, Mr. Hawkins. When the old man dies, a suspicious couple claiming to be his relatives move in. Simon, who has been plagued with a strange illness since first looking into the mirror, retrieves it from Mr. Hawkins' hiding place and seeks the help of a museum curator to unravel a dark spell tied to its original owner and to Mr. Hawkins' so-called niece."-- Provided by publisher.