City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (Paperback)

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In the first book of The Mortal Instruments, readers are introduced to the Shadowhunters via Clary Fray, a teenage girl who witnesses a supernatural murder.

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Clary Fray, a teenage girl, witnesses a teen get murdered by other teens. However, the victim disappears right before her eyes. The killers are Shadowhunters, humans who hunt demons. Clary realizes only she can see the supernatural beings and events, even though she shouldn't. Her mother, Jocelyn, also a Shadowhunter, is kidnapped and she is the only one who knows where The Mortal Cup is, an artifact that changes humans into Shadowhunters. Clary must find the cup and keep it away from a rogue group of Shadowhunters determined to eliminate all non-humans.

The Mortal Instruments Book 1

Author:: Clare, Cassandra

ISBN:: 9781416955078
Format:: Paperback
Pages:: 485
Publish Date:: 02/19/2008
Publisher:: Margaret K McElderry

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Clare's debut novel, first in the Mortal Instruments series, is a sprawling urban fantasy packed with just about every type of creature known to the genre, and still spacious enough to hold more. Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a killing in an "all-ages club"; when she confronts the attackers, she learns that they are spectral Shadowhunters, charged with killing demonic creatures called Night Children. Clary returns home to find her apartment vandalized and her mother missing, apparently kidnapped by creatures in the service of someone named Valentine. An attack by a slithering beast sends Clary to the infirmary at the Institute, hidden home of the Shadowhunters. There she befriends the hunter Jace, who tells her of Valentine's intention to find the Mortal Cup, one of three Mortal Instruments the Angel gave to the first Shadowhunters (the others are a mirror and sword). Great secrets abound both in Clary's past and in her own head--secrets that are gradually revealed to her about her mother, her mother's eccentric friend Luke, her relationship with Jace and, eventually, about Valentine himself. Clare's atmospheric setting is spot-on, informed equally by neo-gothic horror films and the modern fantasy leanings of Neil Gaiman. Werewolves, vampires, angels and fairies all fit in this ambitious milieu. At the core, though, this is a compelling story about family secrets and coming-of-age identity crises. Fans of the smart/chic horror typified by Buffy the Vampire Slayer will instantly fall for this new series. Ages 14-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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