Devil's Race

by Avi

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Sixteen-year-old John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancestor, with his own name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon.

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Avi was born in 1937, in the city of New York and raised in Brooklyn. He began his writing career as a playwright, and didn't start writing childrens books until he had kids of his own. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Original publication date
1984
Dedication
For Lucia
First words
I sat alone at the far back of the dim classroom, waiting.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And I knew that I was there, all of me at last, whole and free.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Tween, Teen, Horror
DDC/MDS
654TechnologyManagement & public relations[Formerly: Telegraph Cable Signals]
LCC
PZ7 .A953 .DLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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Members
88
Popularity
362,066
Rating
½ (3.50)
Languages
English
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
9
ASINs
2