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The burning

Will Peterson

2009480 pagesabout 7–11 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009Walker · 480 pages · ENGISBN 9781406307108
  • 2010Candlewick · 480 pagesISBN 9780763648367

Fourteen-year-old twins Adam and Rachel, pursued by both their former "Hope Project" benefactors and followers of a zombie-like figure, flee London for Paris, Seville, and finally Morocco, where they unearth an ancient secret more startling than the first.

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AtmosphereWhimsical

How it reads

Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forYoung adult

When and where

ThemesFamily
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