Full name: Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf

Authors: Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell Year: 2007 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fantasy, Mystery, Young adult, Historical fiction, Adventure, Children, Horror Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780385751254 0385751257

Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it - but that's not the end of this particular mystery ...as Barnaby finds himself swept up in a world of crooked doctors, poor and ill-advised patients, strange tonics and very expensive furs...Could there be more to the seemingly respectable Dr Cadwallader and the tonics he doles out to the poor? Is there a link between the tonic and the huge dogs - or possibly wolves - that are roaming the city at night?When Barnaby's old acquaintance Benjamin goes missing, Barnaby fears the worst for him, and decides to dig deeper...A fantastic romp through a Dickensian-style city, with a wonderful new hero in the guise of Barnaby. This new series from the bestselling dream team of Stewart and Riddell is a must for all fans of the Edge Chronicles - but also for fans of Horowitz and Shan, as they move into new territory and deliver a brilliantly exciting thriller-horror for boys. Similar books: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud The Best of John Bellairs by John Bellairs A Curious Tale of the In-Between by Lauren DeStefano Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz The After-Room by Maile Meloy Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn Doll Bones by Holly Black Mark of the Plague by Kevin Sands The Stone Child by Dan Poblocki The Crowfield Demon by Pat Walsh Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper Quest for a Maid by Frances Mary Hendry