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Loading... The Name of the Star (The Shades of London) (edition 2012)by Maureen Johnson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. So, yeah, where's the second book now? I need it like a grindylow needs water! ( ) Http://lbrychic.blogspot.com This was the book for our last Teen book club for the school year at my library. My coworker basically shoves it at me and says "You'll enjoy it!" I was iffy about it at the time but she was right I read this over the span of several hours over two days. Definitely Young Adult, but enjoyed it. Slightly different than most stories I've read. Page turner, Could hardly put it down. When Rory's parents get jobs in England, Rory chooses to go to a boarding school several hours away from where her parents. Rory ends up going there first because a Hurricane has come through Louisiana and screws up flight schedules. When she arrives, she finds out there was a murder nearby. News gets out that it was done just like Jack the Ripper in the 1800s. Is there an copycat? Will more murders happen? Something happens to Rory during a mealtime with her classmates/friends. She develops an odd rare ability and ends up with a small group who help her with this ability. First in a series. no reviews | add a review
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Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation. No library descriptions found.
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