Yancey, Richard.

The monstrumologist : William James Henry / edited by Rick Yancey. - 1st Simon & Schuster BFYR pbk ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2010, c2009. - xiii, 434 p. ; 21 cm.

Include discussion guide (p. [447-450]).

In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a New Escientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi.

ISBN: 9781416984498 (tr. pbk.) 1416984496 (tr. pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Supernatural--Fiction.
Monsters--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Apprentices--Fiction.
Diary fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New England--History--19th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Horror fiction--2011.
Historical fiction--2011.
Fantasy fiction--2011.