The Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden (18 page)

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EMMA TREVAYNE is a full-time writer and a collector of music and shoes. She is the author of several novels for children and teens and co-author of an anthology of short stories. She lives in London.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Trevayne, Emma.

The accidental afterlife of Thomas Marsden / Emma Trevayne.—1st edition.

pages cm

Summary: At age twelve, grave robber Thomas Marsden discovers a boy who looks just like him in an unmarked grave and begins a journey of discovery as he learns of faeries trapped in London and their hope that he can return them to their realm.

ISBN 978-1-4424-9882-2 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4424-9886-0 (eBook)

[1. Identity—Fiction. 2. Fairies—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction. 4. Changelings—Fiction.

5. Spiritualists—Fiction. 6. Grave robbing—Fiction. 7. London (England)—History—19th century—Fiction. 8. Great Britain—History—Victoria, 1837–1901—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.T73264Acc 2015

[Fic]—dc23

2014032574