By Cassandra Clare (author) Part of the The Mortal Instruments series
"A thrilling urban fantasy of vampires, warlocks and shapeshifters"
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This is a special 15th Anniversary Edition of the first in Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series about the Shadowhunters,
Clary is your typical girl next door character that everyone wants to like and with whom young teenage girls in particular will instantly relate. Until her mother's disappearance life is very ordinary and normal but then everything changes. The author's descriptions of an alternate, parallel world are so cleverly drawn that you feel right there within the story.
We haven't read for a while such a brilliant mixture of razor-sharp wit and humour and spine tingling fear but above all a terrific page-turning read that will have you saying just one more page, then one more chapter and suddenly you've finished it.
Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Cassandra Clare's City of Bones with this gorgeous new Collector's Edition, complete with stunning new cover artwork and a special letter from Cassie - a must-have gift for any Shadowhunter fan.
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This is the book where Clary Fray first discovered the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own. The book where she first met Jace Wayland, the best Shadowhunter of his generation. The book that started it all.
Fans of... Buffy the Vampire Slayer will instantly fall for this series Publis hers W e ekly
The perfect young adult novel. The tale of a shadowy underworld of elegant half-angel demons hunters in New York is thrilling. It's romantic. The pages fly by. The characters leap off the page and into your heart. I aspire to write like this. And I want to fight like a Shadow Hunter -- CJ Daugherty The Big Issue
Mesmerising, lyrical tale of bright and dark sides of love and desire -- Fiona Noble Bookseller Children's Guide
A thrilling urban fantasy of vampires, warlocks and shapeshifters that fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will love to get their teeth into [...] We haven't read such a brilliant mixture of razor-sharp wit and humour and spine tingling fear but above all a terrific page-turning read that will have you saying just one more page, then one more chapter and suddenly you've finished it. Love Reading 4 Kids
The book was easy to get into and thrilling the whole time. First News
Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight, as well as the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy. She is the coauthor of The Bane Chronicles with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman, as well as The Shadowhunter’s Codex, which she cowrote with her husband, Joshua Lewis. Her books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages, a feature film, and a TV show, Shadowhunters, currently airing on Netflix. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.
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Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Cassandra Clare's City of Bones with this gorgeous new Collector's Edition, complete with stunning new cover artwork and a special letter from Cassie - a must-have gift for any Shadowhunter fan. This is the book where Clary Fray first discovered the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Mortal Instruments 1: City of Bones and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
The Mortal Instruments 1: City of Bones features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Thrillers, Adventure Stories
Hardback, Paperback. £22.50, down from the £25.00 cover price. In Stock.
The Mortal Instruments 1: City of Bones was written by Cassandra Clare and published by Walker Books Ltd
The Mortal Instruments 1: City of Bones has 505 pages
Yes it is part of The Mortal Instruments series
£22.50, reduced from £25.00. In Stock.
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