A Fierce and Subtle Poison

by Samantha Mabry

Book Overview

In this stunning debut, legends collide with reality when a boy is swept into the magical, dangerous world of a girl filled with poison.

Everyone knows the legends about the cursed girl--Isabel, the one the senoras whisper about. They say she has green skin and grass for hair, and she feeds on the poisonous plants that fill her family's Caribbean island garden. Some say she can grant wishes; some say her touch can kill.

Seventeen-year-old...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616205210
• ISBN13: 9781616205218
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary