MATTHEW CODY is the author of Will in Scarlet, Powerless, Super, and the upcoming Villainous. Originally from the midwest, he now lives in New York City with his wife and young son. Besides novels, Matt has written for both DC Comics and Marvel, and is a regular moderator at the Thalia Book Club camp at Symphony Space.
"Expertly imagined and endlessly inventive, Matthew Cody's The Dead
Gentleman is a time-tripping adventure readers won't soon forget."
--Ransom Riggs, NYT bestselling author of MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR
PECULIAR CHILDREN
"Attention thieves, scoundrels, and fearless adventurers! This book
is for you. From the underground lairs of monsters and trolls to
the underwater ruins of ancient civilizations, The Dead Gentleman
will take you everywhere you ever wanted to go--and more than a few
places you never imagined. Read it now. Read it fast. Before some
well-meaning person snatches it away." --Pseudonymous Bosch
Gr 5-9-This complex, time-bending tale is told in alternating chapters. Tommy Learner tells about his adventures, which begin in New York in 1900, where he is a street child who supports himself by stealing. When he takes a magical metal bird from a man with the face of a corpse, he finds himself pursued by monsters and rescued by the Explorers' Society, a group that traverses magical worlds by traveling through time and space. After the living corpse, the Dead Gentleman of the title, attacks the Explorers, Tommy finds himself trapped and alone. Jezebel Lemon's chapters are told in third person. She is a contemporary girl who encounters Tommy's ghost in the basement of her apartment building and soon becomes aware of the many monsters and magical creatures that surround her otherwise-ordinary life. Tommy and Jez meet and realize that they must work together to save themselves, Merlin the magical bird, and Earth itself from the villain's schemes. Truly creepy monsters and nightmare figures, from the body-swapping Dead Gentleman to his vampire first lieutenant to a zombie dinosaur, bring a gripping sense of danger to the story, and real questions about the consequences of changing time add substance to the rapid action. Readers will be drawn into this story and challenged to follow its characters as they jump through time and fight to save us all.-Beth L. Meister, Milwaukee Jewish Day School, WI (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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