by Marcus Sedgwick · Orion Children's Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9781842551851
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«The Kiss of Death» is the gothic young adult novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published by Orion Children's Books in hardback (248 pages, in English).
In eighteenth-century Venice, Marko and Sorrel investigate two mysteries: the strange illness that keeps her father from sleeping and the disappearance of his father, a doctor who went to help an old friend. Meanwhile, Peter follows the Queen of Shadows, who gathers an army of the undead for a final confrontation.
Second installment of the My Swordhand is Singing series, published in 2008 and nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2010.
For young readers aged 12 and up and fans of gothic horror fiction and vampires.
Marcus Sedgwick was a British writer and illustrator. He authored several young adult and children's books and picture books, a work of nonfiction and several novels for adults, and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults. According to School Library Journal his "most acclaimed titles" were those for young adults.
