The spirit bares its teeth / Andrew Joseph White.

Author/creator White, Andrew Joseph author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationAtlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Teen, [2023]
Copyright Date©2023
Description381 pages ; 22 cm
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Abstract "London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife. According to Mother, he'll be married by the end of the year. It doesn't matter that he's needed a decade of tutors to hide his autism; that he practices surgery on slaughtered pigs; that he is a boy, not the girl the world insists on seeing. After a failed attempt to escape an arranged marriage, Silas is diagnosed with Veil sickness -- a mysterious disease sending violet-eyed women into madness -- and shipped away to Braxton's Finishing School and Sanitorium. The facility is cold, the instructors merciless, and the students either bloom into eligible wives or disappear. When the ghosts of missing students start begging Silas to help, he decides to reach into Braxton's innards and expose its guts to the world -- if the school doesn't break him first." -- Jacket flap.
Interest age level Ages 14 and up
Interest grade level Grades 10-12
Awards noteStonewall Honor Book in Young Adult Literature, 2024
Genre/formGothic fiction.
Genre/formHorror fiction.
Genre/formNovels.
Genre/formLGBTQ+ fiction.
Genre/formLGBTQ+ horror fiction.
Genre/formTransgender fiction.
Genre/formTransgender horror fiction.
Genre/formTransgender fiction.
Genre/formGhost stories.
Genre/formSchool fiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formGothic fiction.
Genre/formHorror fiction.
Genre/formNovels.
LCCN 2023020823
ISBN9781682636114 (hardcover)
ISBN1682636119 (hardcover)
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