Secret of the Shadow Beasts

For fans of Dragon Pearl and the Lockwood Co. series comes a swift-moving contemporary fantasy about a young girl tasked with destroying deadly shadow creatures.In Brannland, terrifying beasts called Umbrae roam freely once the sun sets, so venomous that a single bite will killa full-grown adultand lately, with each day that passes, their population seems to double. The only people who can destroy them are immune children like Nora, who are recruited at the age of seven to leave their families behind and begin training at a retrofitted castle called Noyes Hill. But despite her immunity, Noras father refused to let her go. Now,years after his death by Umbra attack,Nora istwelve, and sees hermotheralmost killedby the monsters too. Thats when Nora decides its time for her to join the battle. Once she arrives at Noyes Hill, though, she and her new friends are left with...