Author: Jenni Spangler
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781398504660
About the book
12-year-old Valentine Crow has lived his entire life at the Foundling Hospital. Now, he and his best friend Philomena are leaving to begin their new lives as apprentices - but Valentine has been assigned to Death himself. Valentine finds himself in an impossible situation when his best friend's name appears on the list of souls to take. Can he fight Death to save her soul, or does fate have other ideas? It's not always easy being Death in this funny, gothic tale of friendship and discovery!
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