John Hornor Jacobs
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Bringing together his acclaimed novella The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky and an all-new short novel My Heart Struck Sorrow, John Hornor Jacobs turns his fertile imagination to the evil that breeds within the human soul. A brilliant mix of the psychological and supernatural, blending the acute insight of Roberto Bolaño and the eerie imagination of H. P. Lovecraft, The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky examines life in a South American dictatorship. Centered on...
Author
Series
Twelve-fingered boy trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
c2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Description
As Shreve Cannon's ability to absorb the memories of others has him teetering on the edge of insanity, he returns to the custody of the state of Arkansas, this time in a mental institution, but he must collect himself and find Jack, the Twelve-Fingered Boy, if he is to stop an unspeakable evil that is stirring in Baltimore.
Author
Series
Twelve-fingered boy trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Fifteen-year-old fast-talking Shreve is thriving in juvenile detention until he is assigned a strangely silent and vulnerable new cellmate, Jack, who just might have superpowers and who attracts the attention both of the cellblock bullies and sinister Mr. Quincrux.
Author
Series
Twelve-fingered boy trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"Shreve, along with Jack and his mute girlfriend Ember, travel to Maryland to solve the mystery behind "the elder," the ancient, malevolent force hidden near Baltimore, which has been sending psychic tremors out into the world causing mayhem, mass suicides, and the beginning of the end of civilization"--