Matthew J. Kirby. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-545-27424-1
Kirby follows The Clockwork Three with a tense mystery that blends history and Norse myth. Solveig—the plain and oft-ignored second daughter to a king away at war—has been sent to safety high in the fjords, along with her siblings, beautiful Asa and
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Matthew J. Kirby. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-545-50226-9
When grandmotherly Dr. Hughes’s afterschool science camp turns out to be a training ground for “Actuators,” 12-year old Ben’s life becomes much more interesting. Using quantum mechanics and augmenting equipment, he learns to manipulate his thoughts...
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Matthew J. Kirby. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-222487-3
The Earth has entered a new Ice Age in this initial installment of Kirby’s Dark Gravity Sequence, and a girl braves the killing cold of the Arctic when she goes in search of her missing mother. Eleanor Perry’s mother is a geologist working in Alaska.
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Matthew J. Kirby. Scholastic Press, $18.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-545-81784-4
In this grisly fantasy from Kirby (the Dark Gravity Sequence), the year is 1888 and London’s slums are soon to be terrorized by Leather Apron (later known as Jack the Ripper), who murders prostitutes in the most gruesome manner possible. In a nearby
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Matthew J. Kirby. Dutton, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7352-3166-5
Space exploration, teleportation, and cloning experiments end in disaster in this heart-pounding thriller by Kirby (A Taste for Monsters). Seventeen-year-old white-cued Jessica Mathers is preparing to teleport to the Theseus, a research facility in...
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