The trials of Morrigan Crow

ISBN: 9780316508896
ISBN: 0316508888
ISBN: 9780316508889
Physical Description: xiii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Copyright: &copy;2017

Townsend, Jessica 1985- (author.). Madsen, Jim, 1964- (illustrator.).

Summary: Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks--and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart--an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests--or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate.