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Blackwell's Island

by Serena Graff · 2005

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In 1914, eleven-year-old Alex and his nine-year-old sister, Anna, are taken from New York City's Lower East Side to Blackwell's Island, where there are lunatics, prisoners, evil caretakers, ghouls, and, perhaps, their missing mother.

Genre
horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
missing personsmissing personsMore like thisLess of thissiblingssiblingsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 185 pages

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