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The Twelve-Fingered Boy
''The Twelve-Fingered Boy'' is a 2013 Young adult fiction, young adult novel by John Hornor Jacobs. It is about teenagers, Shreve Cannon, and Jack Graves, who have Psychic, psychic abilities. Reception A review in ''Publishers Weekly'' of ''The Twelve Fingered Boy'' wrote "Jacobs skillfully builds tension and mystery throughout.", while ''Kirkus Reviews'' wrote "Against the plethora of mutant and superhuman narratives, this effort just feels shopworn.". ''The Twelve-Fingered Boy'' has also been reviewed by ''Booklist'', ''School Library Journal'', ''The Horn Book Magazine, Horn Book Guides'' ''Library Media Connection'', and Common Sense Media. It won a 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Award gold medal. References External links Library holdings of ''The Twelve Fingered Boy'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Twelve-Fingered Boy, The 2013 American novels American young adult novels Novels about telekinesis Novels about telepathy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hornor Jacobs
John Hornor Jacobs is an American author, best known for the novel ''Southern Gods'', which began as a rough draft created through the NaNoWriMo process, and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2011. His 2015 novel ''Foreign Devils'' was nominated for a David Gemmell Award for Fantasy. Early life Jacobs was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he attended Little Rock Central High School. ''The Incorruptibles'' Published in paperback by Gollancz in 2014, ''The Incorruptibles'' is a fantasy novel by Hornor. It centers on two mercenaries: Shoestring, a half-dwarf/human; and Fisk, a human. They are employed to guard a nobleman and his family as they journey along a river by paddleboat. The novel was followed by ''Foreign Devils'' in 2015. Reception James Lovegrove, reviewing ''The Incorruptibles'' for the ''Financial Times'', commended Jacobs' ability to "blend ... cowboys, the Roman empire and high fantasy". The ''Arkansas Times'' review praised h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |