Steven Boyer

Horace Carpetine does not believe in ghosts. Raised to believe in science and reason, Horace Carpetine passes off spirits as superstition. Then he becomes an apprentice photographer and discovers an eerie-and even dangerous-supernatural power in his very own photographs. When a wealthy lady orders a portrait to place by her daughter's gravesite, Horace's employer, Enoch Middleditch, schemes to sell her more pictures-by convincing her that her daughter's...

When Perry ends up in Venice on a European tour with his band Inchworm, he can't resist a visit to Harry's Bar, where Gobi told him she'd meet him someday. The last time he saw Gobi, five people were assassinated one crazy night in New York City. Well... Gobi shows up, and once again Perry is roped into a wild, nonstop thrill ride with a body count. Double crossings, kidnappings, CIA agents, arms dealers, boat chases in Venetian canals, and a shootout...

Ferris Bueller meets La Femme Nikita in this funny, action-packed young adult novel. Its prom night and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a muchanticipatedgig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskastheir quiet, geeky Lithuanian exchange student to the prom, he never expects that his ordinary high school guy life will soon turn on its head. Perry finds that Gobi is on a mission,...

Rick Yancey's first gothic suspense tale, The Monstrumologist, earned him a prestigious Michael L. Printz Award. The second installment of this acclaimed series, Curse of the Wendigo finds young Will Henry on the hunt for a supernatural beast plaguing New England in the late 1800s. Will and his mentor, the domineering Dr. Warthrop, are enlisted to help the doctor's former fiancEe. It seems her husband has been lost in the Canadian wilderness. And...

Jean's world is turned upside down when he meets the Django. His new friend is so much fun and things are always exciting when the Django is around. But there's only one problem-ever since they met, Jean has found himself in heaps of trouble. What should Jean do? He doesn't want to send his special pal away, but he can't keep getting in trouble either. Finally Jean makes up his mind and does what he must: He sends the Django on his way. Soon Jean...

Born in South Africa, Emma Rathbone was a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia, where she received her M.F.A. The Patterns of Paper Monsters is her debut novel. Convicted of armed robbery, 17-year-old Jacob is sentenced to a Virginia detention center. Bored, Jacob begins romancing an inmate he bumps into once in a while. But when Jacob is asked to help bring the center down, he must choose between his new relationship and the chance for...

Will Henry has been through more that seems possible for a boy of fourteen. He’s been on the brink of death on more than one occasion, he has gazed into hell- and hell has stared back at him, and known his face. But through it all, Dr. Warthrop has been at his side. When Dr. Warthrop fears that Will’s loyalties may be shifting, he turns on Will with a fury, determined to reclaim his young apprentice’s devotion. And so Will must face one of the...

In the series' third entry, Will Henry is left behind as Dr. Warthrop and his eager new assistant Arkwright embark on a quest to find the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology." But when Arkwright returns with news of the doctor's demise, Will sets off on his own quest, to the Isle of Blood, to determine the truth.

1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde's dreams literally incinerate in a fire, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD. While making his rounds, Wilde literally runs into a little girl, not more than ten years old, dashing through the dark in her nightshift...covered...

Award-winning author Rick Yancey has captivated young adult readers with his popular Alfred Kropp novels. Now Yancey begins a gripping new series with The Monstrumologist. Dr. Warthrop is a scientist who tracks and studies real-life monsters. Assisted by his 12-year-old apprentice Will Henry, Dr. Warthrop discovers a pod of Anthropophagi and launches a hunt to destroy the foul beasts.