Flesh and Blood [Paperback]

A super-readable and accessible middle grade horror novel.

During an air raid, huddled in the bomb shelter with his family, the different sounds of the war humming around him, when Bill makes his wish. He says it out loud, three times: "I wish for a brother instead of a sister." It seems like his wish comes true almost immediately when his family takes in an injured boy found in a nearby bombed-out house after the raid. 

No-one knows who the boy is. He never speaks, and his burnt face is wrapped in bandages while it heals. As the weeks pass, the boy becomes stranger and stranger. When Bill confronts the boy, he discovers that wishes can sometimes go horribly, horribly wrong ...

Union Square & Co.'s Everyone Can Be a Reader books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.

Chris Priestleyis the author of the Tales of Terror series. He is inspired by the tradition of horror stories by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley. Chris is also a talented artist and illustrator, and his cartoons have been published in theIndependentas well as other UK newspapers. 
 “Adorned with some of the highest-quality illustrations in middle grade fiction…Worthy purchases for any school or public library.”
—School Library Journal, STARRED ReviewSchool Library Journal"A fast-paced, very eerie story well suited to a high/low audience ranging from the youngest intrepid horror readers through striving older readers, in a dyslexia friendly
font and paper tones."Booklist