Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763664732)

Fifteen top voices in speculative fiction explore the intersection of fear and love in a haunting, at times hilarious, darkly imaginative volume.

Predatory kraken that sing with -- and for -- their kin; band members and betrayed friends who happen to be demonic; harpies as likely to attract as repel. Welcome to a world where humans live side by side with monsters, from vampires both nostalgic and bumbling to an eight-legged alien who makes tea. Here you'll find mercurial forms that burrow into warm fat, spectral boy toys, a Maori force of nature, a landform that claims lives, and an architect of hell on earth. Through these and a few monsters that defy categorization, some of today's top young-adult authors explore ambition and sacrifice, loneliness and rage, love requited and avenged, and the boundless potential for connection, even across extreme borders.

With monstrous stories by
M. T. Anderson
Paolo Bacigalupi
Nathan Ballingrud
Holly Black
Sarah Rees Brennan
Cassandra Clare
Nalo Hopkinson
Dylan Horrocks
Nik Houser
Alice Sola Kim
Kathleen Jennings
Joshua Lewis
Kelly Link
Patrick Ness
G. Carl Purcell

Author: Kelly Link
ISBN-10: 0763664731
ISBN-13: 9780763664732
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2014
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.70w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 168785 / Monstrous Affections

Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2014
Publishers Weekly 07/21/2014
School Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 146
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2014 pg. 163
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 78
Shelf Awareness 10/14/2014
New York Times Book Review 10/19/2014 pg. 18
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Recommended, Satisfactory