num_pages: 342
description: 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 killings that 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 in an epic battle for immortality.Debut author Karen Healey introduces a savvy and spirited heroine with a fresh strong voice. Full of deliciously creepy details this incredible adventure is a deftly crafted story of Mori mythology romance and betrayal.
language: English
title: Guardian of the Dead
publisher: Little, Brown and Company