The Curse of Eelgrass Bog

By Mary Averling

A girl braves a monster-filled bog to break a mysterious curse.

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256 pages

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Kess Pedrock's life is anything but ordinary, living in an Unnatural History Museum with a talking demon's head as a friend. When new girl Lilou seeks her help to break a curse, they must venture into the perilous Eelgrass Bog. Known for its witches and demons, the bog holds secrets that could change everything. As Kess uncovers the truth, she realizes the curse might be more personal than she thought. Can she muster the courage to break it before time runs out?

From the publisher

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse. Nothing about Kess Pedrock’s life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family’s Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for megafauna fossils and skeletons), and not her best friend (a talking demon’s head in a jar named Shrunken Jim). But things get even stranger than usual when Kess meets Lilou Starling, the new girl in town. Lilou comes to Kess for help breaking a mysterious curse–and the only clue she has leads straight into the center of Eelgrass Bog. Everyone knows the bog is full of witches, demons, and possibly worse, but Kess and Lilou are determined not to let that stop them. As they investigate the mystery and uncover long-buried secrets, Kess begins to realize that the curse might hit closer to home than she’d ever expected, and she’ll have to summon all her courage to find a way to break it before it’s too late.

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