Not Even Bones
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781328863546
Pages
359 pages
Genre
supernatural
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Nita's mother hunts monsters and, after Nita dissects and packages them, sells them online, but when Nita follows her conscience to help a live monster escape, she is sold on the black market in his place.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Separation; Family member death; Family violence; Biracial; Bilingual; separated parents; death of a father; abusive mother; physical abuse; biracial teenager; bilingual teenager
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Asian / Latinx (Chilean) / White
Family Formation
separated mother and father
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2018, Finalist, Young Adult (Speculative Fiction)
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2018
Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth, 2018
Keywords
monsters; dissection; black market; kidnapping; murder; survival; Peru
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Schaeffer, Rebecca, "Not Even Bones" (2018). Diverse Families. 1701.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1701