| International Standard Book Number |
9781665979597 electronic book
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781665979573 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
1665979577 hardcover
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| Personal Name |
Seitz, Crystal, author.
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| Title Statement |
Beast becomes her / Crystal Seitz.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
450 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Edith has always been a good girl -- she has to be, or her foster family might think she's like her violent father. No matter how much anger simmers inside her, she keeps it buried, hidden... Until the day she's pushed a step too far, and that anger comes bursting out in the form of literal claws. It's then that Edith learns she's a berserkr, a descendant of ancient Norse warriors with the ability to turn into animals. To avoid jail for attacking a student, Edith is shipped off to the mysterious Skallagrim Academy. The ancient school is supposedly a haven for people like her, a place where she can learn to control her powers and then push them down so deep that they'll never come out again. But someone -- or something -- is stalking the dark halls of Skallagrim. On her second night, Edith stumbles upon a gruesome murder and is caught at the scene of the crime by Armund, who is tasked with hunting down wayward berserkr. Now, with Armund suspecting Edith as the killer, she'll have to catch the real culprit to prove her innocence before she ends up in the hunter's crosshairs -- or becomes the killer's next victim."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
When seventeen-year-old good-girl Edith's suppressed rage triggers a berserkr transformation and reveals she is a descendant of ancient Norse warriors, she travels to Skallagrim Academy but soon becomes the prime suspect in a brutal murder and must uncover the real killer before being hunted down next.
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| Target Audience Note |
Ages 14 up Margaret K. McElderry Books.
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| Target Audience Note |
Grades 10-12 Margaret K. McElderry Books.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Magic Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Shapeshifting Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Boarding schools Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Foster children Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Suspects (Criminal investigation) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Norse mythology Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Young adult fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fantasy fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Paranormal fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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