Anna Dressed in Blood

By Kendare Blake

Book Overview

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead--keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay. When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn't expect anything outside of the ordinary: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home. But she, for whatever reason, spares Cas's life. Kendare Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood is a 2011 Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year title. One of NPR's Top 5 Young Adult Novels of 2011.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765328658
• ISBN13: 9780765328656
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Tor Teen
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great read

This is creepy but I couldn’t put it down. Probably one of the best suspenseful books I’ve read.

Probably in my top 10

This is one of my favorite books, uniquely thought out, and not one of your average everyday love stories, it keeps you wanting more, while a bit sad it also keeps your hopes up for the 2 main characters to be able to be together, with murder, ghosts and a love that shouldn't be I would so recommend this book!!