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Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a…

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6 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2014
    Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · 352 pages · 9781423171089
  • Other · English · 2014
    Archived
    Hyperion Books for Children · 9781484418475
  • Other · English · 2013
    Hyperion · 9781423157311
  • Paperback · Spanish · 2020
    El Archivo nº1/2
    Minotauro · 352 pages · 9788445007976
  • Paperback · Turkish · 2016
    Arsiv
    Pegasus · 9786053437895
  • Other · Russian · 2014
    Arkhiv
    AST · 381 pages · 9785170824199
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