City of Bones

YA READS:

Clare, C. (n.d.). City of bones
[digital image]. Retrieved October 30,
 2016 from http://cassandraclare.com/
shadowhunter-chronicles/the-mortal-
instruments/

Clare, C. (2007). The mortal instruments: City of bones. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books. ISBN: 978-1-4169-5507-8; $11.06 (paperback).

Have you ever looked at something, and by a trick of the light, think you’ve seen something else?  Clary Fray is at a club with her best friend Simon when she sees several beautiful teens get into an altercation.  This bizarre fight ends with the death of a boy; yet, he’s clearly not exactly a human boy since blackish liquid explodes from his body as he dies.  Clary isn’t sure if she can believe her eyes – did she really just witness the death of a demon?  City of Bones is the first book in the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and Clary quickly learns that the world is not always as she thought it was.  Shadowhunters, runes carved into their skin for protection and power, use their abilities to fight downworlders.  Her mother is missing, and possibly in the possession of terroristic Nephilim.  Her mother’s best friend turns up with a bunch of werewolves.  Hooded figures who live in an ancient city made of crushed ashes communicate with her without ever moving their mouths.  Can Clary make sense of her new reality and save her mother before forces converge upon her to bring about her death?  And will her new mysterious guide, Jace, supply her with answers or only create more questions?  Go ahead and journey into the City of Bones!

AWARDS (according to FictionDB):

* 2009 Spectrum Award -- Novel (Finalist)
* 2011 Colorado Blue Spruce Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)

HOMEMADE TEES: Now that this book has been turned into both a movie and hit TV show, there are all kinds of options for wearing your approval of the Mortal Instruments.

ModernFanGirl. (n.d.). The mortal instruments
infernal devices [digital image]. Retrieved October 30,
2016 from https://www.etsy.com/listing/251296159/
the-mortal-instruments-infernal-devices?ref=market

< This beautiful shirt from Etsy includes some of the Shadowhunter families whose stories intertwine throughout the series.

EsotericRhythms. (n.d.). Shadowhunters
looking better in black [digital image].
Retrieved October 30, 2016 from
https://www.etsy.com/listing/463092946/
shadowhunters-looking-better-in-black?ref=market 

^ This next witty tee 

is perfect for any reader who loves the darker parts of City of Bones.  Yes... death is involved. Get your own, also at Etsy! 

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