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JackabyWilliam Ritter

Jackaby

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“Miss Rook, I am not an occultist,” Jackaby said. “I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion--and there are many illusions. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.” Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the…

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Editions

7 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2015
    Scholastic · 304 pages · 9780545829632
  • Audiobook · English · 2014
    HighBridge Audio · 450 pages · 9781622314829
  • Hardcover · English · 2014
    Algonquin Young Readers · 299 pages · 9781616203535
  • Other · English · 2023
    Algonquin Young Readers · 9781523523986
  • Other · English · 2015
    Algonquin · 299 pages · 9781484462058
  • Other · English · 2014
    Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 9781616205089
Children's fictionMystery and detective storiesMurder, fictionSupernatural, fictionNew england, fictionExtrasensory perception, fictionAnimals, mythical, fictionCriminals, fiction