Thirteen Days of Midnight (The Host) - Softcover

Hunt, Leo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763692433 ISBN 13: 9780763692438

Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA), 2016

Synopsis

"Gripping. . . . With well-drawn characters, some truly creepy ghouls, and entertaining banter, this is a self-assured debut that's as funny as it is terrifying." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

When Luke Manchett's estranged father dies unexpectedly, he leaves his son a dark inheritance: his Host, a collection of eight restless spirits who want revenge for their long enslavement. Halloween is fast approaching, and Luke knows his Host is planning something far more trick than treat. Armed with only his father's indecipherable notes, a locked copy of The Book of Eight, and help from school outcast Elza Moss, Luke has just thirteen days to uncover the closely guarded secrets of black magic and to send his unquiet spirits to their eternal rest--or join their ghostly ranks himself.

About this title

About the Author

Leo Hunt wrote Thirteen Days of Midnight in his first year of college and signed with an agent the following year. When he was younger he thought he wanted to be either an archaeologist or an author; but when he learned that archaeologists didn't unearth piles of perfectly preserved dinosaur bones every time they put a spade in the ground, he decided to write books instead. He lives in northeast England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763692433
• ISBN 13: 9780763692438
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336