By These Ten Bones

Clare B. Dunkle

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There’s hidden places all over this land-old, old places. Places with a chain for them to chain up the wolf when it’s time.

A mysterious young man has come to a small Highland town. His talent for wood carving soon wins the admiration of the weaver’s daughter, Maddie. Fascinated by the silent carver, she sets out to gain his trust, only to find herself drawn into a terrifying secret that threatens everything she loves.
     There is an evil presence in the carver’s life that cannot be controlled, and Maddie watches her town fall under a shadow. One by one, people begin to die. Caught in the middle, Maddie must decide what matters most to her-and what price she is willing to pay to keep it.

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Chapter 3
Maddie had just taken supper to Lady Mary in the castle, and now she was looking forward to her own meal. She stepped out of the tower into the clear light of a summer evening, studying the silhouettes of the great birds flying down to the loch.
     “Madeleine!” called a low voice. She turned to find the woodcarver standing there. He was staring straight at her with those piercing green eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.
     “I didn’t know you could talk!” she said in delight.

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“Dunkle creates a menacing atmosphere for this chillingly good tale. Readers will cheer Maddie on as she wrestles—and conquers—her deepest fears.”—Publishers Weekly

“Readers with a taste for fantasy rooted in folklore and history, and a stomach for grisly horror, will happily roam the mist-shrouded Highlands of Dunkle’s latest creation.”—Booklist
 
A Bank Street Best Book
A NY Public Library Book for the Teen Age

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Kristen  rated it  
Mar 12, 2011
The best werewolf book out there. Hands down.
This one still had the romance and the tension and mystery. But it is real. It feels real--the emotions and the characters and the setting. Dunkle even plays by the established werewolf rules--for the most part--instead of making up her own.
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Kristen  rated it  
Feb 20, 2011
Why I read this: I've loved the two novels I've read by Clare and had to give this one a shot.

Plot: Set back in history, Maddie lives in a time where women are burned or hung for being witches, where people still believe magic is a live. When a traveler comes to town, she falls in love for ...more
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E.  rated it  
Feb 6, 2011
Just when you thought you were sick of werewolves, I have for you a book that is unlike any other werewolf book you’ve seen. For one thing, the mythology is raw and old and steeped in the folklore of the Scottish highlands. The werewolf in Clare B. Dunkle‘s BY THESE TEN BONES is less a wolf and mo ...more
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Clare B. Dunkle

CLARE B. DUNKLE worked for years as a librarian. She lives with her family in Germany. Her first book, The Hollow Kingdom, won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and was named a Publishers Weekly “Flying Start,” a Bank Street College of Education Best Book, and a Locus Magazine Best YA Book.www.claredunkle.com.

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By These Ten Bones
Clare B. Dunkle

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Square Fish
February 2011
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ISBN: 9780312659271
ISBN10: 031265927X
Young Adult Fiction
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 256 pages
Age Range: 11 to 14
Grade Range: 6 to 9 Information for Librarians

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May 2005
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ISBN: 9780805074963
ISBN10: 0805074961
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5 x 7 1/2 inches, 240 pages
Age Range: 12 and up
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February 2011
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ISBN: 9781429990929
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Young Adult Fiction240 pages
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