Guardian of the Dead

By Karen Healey

Book Overview

"You're Ellie Spencer."

I opened my mouth, just as he added, "And your eyes are opening." Seventeen-year-old Ellie Spencer is just like any other teenager at her boarding school. She hangs out with her best friend Kevin, she obsesses over Mark, a cute and mysterious bad boy, and her biggest worry is her paper deadline. But then everything changes. The news headlines are all abuzz about a local string of serial killings that all share the same morbid trademark: the victims were discovered with their eyes missing. Then a beautiful yet eerie woman enters Ellie's circle of friends and develops an unhealthy fascination with Kevin, and a crazed old man grabs Ellie in a public square and shoves a tattered Bible into her hands, exclaiming, "You need it. It will save your soul." Soon, Ellie finds herself plunged into a haunting world of vengeful fairies, Maori mythology, romance, betrayal, and an epic battle for immortality.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031604430X
• ISBN13: 9780316044301
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary