Monstrumologist

Award-winning author Rick Yancey has captivated young adult readers with his popular Alfred Kropp novels. Now Yancey begins a gripping new series with The Monstrumologist. Dr. Warthrop is a scientist who tracks and studies real-life monsters. Assisted by his 12-year-old apprentice Will Henry, Dr. Warthrop discovers a pod of Anthropophagi and launches a hunt to destroy the foul beasts.

Rick Yancey's first gothic suspense tale, The Monstrumologist, earned him a prestigious Michael L. Printz Award. The second installment of this acclaimed series, Curse of the Wendigo finds young Will Henry on the hunt for a supernatural beast plaguing New England in the late 1800s. Will and his mentor, the domineering Dr. Warthrop, are enlisted to help the doctor's former fiancEe. It seems her husband has been lost in the Canadian wilderness. And to make matters worse, there are reports that a Wendigo-a creature who gorges on human flesh-is on the loose.

In the series' third entry, Will Henry is left behind as Dr. Warthrop and his eager new assistant Arkwright embark on a quest to find the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology." But when Arkwright returns with news of the doctor's demise, Will sets off on his own quest, to the Isle of Blood, to determine the truth.

Will Henry has been through more that seems possible for a boy of fourteen. He’s been on the brink of death on more than one occasion, he has gazed into hell- and hell has stared back at him, and known his face. But through it all, Dr. Warthrop has been at his side. When Dr. Warthrop fears that Will’s loyalties may be shifting, he turns on Will with a fury, determined to reclaim his young apprentice’s devotion. And so Will must face one of the most horrific creatures of his monstrumology career- and he must face it alone. Over the course of one day, Will’s life- and Pellinor Warthrop’s destiny- will lie in balance. In the terrifying depths of the Monstrumarium, they will face a monster more terrible than any they could have imagined- and their fates will be decided.