The haunting of Alaizabel Cray

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Label

The haunting of Alaizabel Cray

Statement of responsibility

Chris Wooding

Creator

• Wooding, Chris, 1977-
• trueWooding, Chris, 1977-

Subject

• trueSerial murderers
• trueGood and evil
• trueGothic fiction
• trueGreat Britain
• Great Britain -- History -- Fiction
• trueHorror
• London (England) -- History -- Fiction
• London (England) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
• trueLondon, England
• Paranormal fiction
• trueSeventeen-year-old boys
• trueSteampunk
• trueSupernatural
• Supernatural -- Fiction
• trueTeenagers
• trueYoung women
• trueDemonic possession
• trueDemons
• trueFantasy fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• trueFantasy fiction
• Fiction
• trueGothic fiction
• trueHorror
• trueSteampunk

Language

eng

Summary

As Thaniel, a wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, try to rid the alleys of London's Old Quarter of the terrible creatures that infest them, their lives become entwined with that of a woman who may be either mad or possessed

Theme

• truePossessed!

Storyline

• trueAction-packed

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueSuspenseful
• trueMenacing
• trueAtmospheric

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Award

• Nestle Children's Book Prize for Nine to Eleven Year Olds, 2001.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2004.
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2005.

Awards note

Shortlisted for the Nestlé Smarties book prize, 2001.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

970

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7W860368

LC item number

Hau 2004

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12

Target audience

adolescent