The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781770496989)

Edgar Brim is a sensitive orphan who, exposed to horror stories from his father as a young child, is afraid of almost everything and suffers from nightly terrors. His stern new guardian, Mr. Thorne, sends the boy to a gloomy school in Scotland where his dark demons only seem to worsen and he is bullied and ridiculed for his fears. But years later, when sixteen-year-old Edgar finds a journal belonging to his novelist father, he becomes determined to confront his nightmares and the bullies who taunt him. After the horrific death of a schoolmate, Edgar becomes involved with an eccentric society at the urging of a mysterious professor who believes that monsters from famous works of literature are real and whose mandate is to find and destroy these creatures. With the aid of a rag-tag crew of friends, the fear-addled teen sets about on his dark mission, one that begins in the cemetery on the bleak Scottish moors and ends in a spine-chilling climax on the stage of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in London with Henry Irving, the infamous and magnetic actor, and his manager, Bram Stoker, the author of the most frightening and sensational novel of the day, Dracula. Can Edgar Brim truly face his terror and conquer his fears?

Author: Shane Peacock
ISBN-10: 177049698X
ISBN-13: 9781770496989
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2016
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2016
School Library Journal 06/01/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2016 - Recommended - Readable
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 137 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw