The City Beautiful
by: Aden Polydoros
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Category - Fiction / Young Adult
Format - Paperback
Condition - Like New
Listed - A year ago
Views - 29
Wishes - 5
Ships From - New York
Est. Publication Date - Aug 2022
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"The City Beautiful is the haunting, queer Jewish historical thriller of my darkest dreams." --Dahlia Adler, creator of LGBTQ Reads and editor of That Way Madness Lies Death lurks around every corner ...
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15 book reviews
Jul 30, 2023
I loved the plot and world-building of this book. It's set in Chicago during the 1893 world fair and follows a queer Jewish teen, Alter, as he solves a murder mystery while possessed by the spirit of one of the killed boys. This is a dark story but the combination of fantasy, murder mystery, and Jew...
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Tsundoku
6 book reviews
Jul 20, 2023
Going into this book, I didn’t know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. The story follows Alter, a Romanian, Jewish immigrant who was brought to America’s shores by his ailing father amidst the rise of anti-semantic and nativist sentiment in the late 19th century. Despite migrating in hopes...
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