Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast

Don't get yourself noticed and you won't get yourself hanged. In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings - Peculiars - and neither faeries nor humans want anything to do with them. One day a mysterious lady in a plum-colored dress comes gliding down Old Crow Alley. Bartholomew watches her through his window. When Bartholomew witnesses the lady whisking away the boy who lives across the alley, he forgets the rules and gets himself noticed. First he's noticed by the lady in plum herself, then by something darkly magical and mysterious. Part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part steampunk adventure, THE PECULIAR is Stefan Bachmann's riveting, inventive, and unforgettable debut novel.