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CITY BEAUTIFUL - ADEN POLYDOROS GEBUNDEN

Winner of the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Young Adult 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best
Novel finalist 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist A Lambda Literary Award finalist 2021
Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot for Young Adult Novels A New York Public Library Best Book
for Teens 2021 An achingly rendered exploration of queer desire  grief  and the inexorable
scars of the past. -Katy Rose Pool  author of There Will Come A Darkness Death lurks around
every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city  a boy  and the
shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago  1893. For Alter Rosen  this is the
land of opportunity  and he dreams of the day he'll have enough money to bring his mother and
sisters to America  freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when
Alter's best friend  Yakov  becomes the latest victim in a long line of murdered Jewish boys 
his dream begins to slip away. While the rest of the city is busy celebrating the World's Fair
Alter is now living a nightmare: possessed by Yakov's dybbuk  he is plunged into a world of
corruption and deceit  and thrown back into the arms of a dangerous boy from his past. A boy
who means more to Alter than anyone knows. Now  with only days to spare until the dybbuk takes
over Alter's body completely  the two boys must race to track down the killer-before the killer
claims them next. Chillingly sinister  warmly familiar  and breathtakingly transportive  The
City Beautiful is the haunting  queer Jewish historical thriller of my darkest dreams.-Dahlia
Adler  creator of LGBTQreads and editor of That Way Madness Lies

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