The Replacement

By Brenna Yovanoff

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A small town harbors dark secrets and darker creatures in this "fast-paced, dark delicacy" (Kirkus Reviews).

"Unsettling villains and intriguing moral ambivalence make this effort shockingly original and . . . breathtaking."--Booklist, starred review

"Funny and brave, scary and touching."--Lauren Kate, New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen novels

Something's rotten beneath the town of Gentry . . .

Mackie is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement--left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, he's slowly dying in the human world.

Mackie would give anything to live a normal life, play his bass, and find out more about an oddly intriguing girl named Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, he is drawn into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the slag heaps and find his rightful place, in our world--or theirs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595143815
• ISBN13: 9781595143815
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

I’m obsessed with this book!

Brenna has a way with words that keeps you interested. Her characters are well thought out, well described, and you can’t help but hate them (as she intends) or love them. This book is very dark and mystical without being overly so. No witches and wands but definitely filled with other delightfully enchanting creatures. A must read and one of my favorite books. I quite enjoy the prospective being from a male character too as many books I read have a female protagonist. Unique read, amazing experience.