![]() Agent: Suzie Townsend, New Leaf Literary. ![]() ![]() ![]() The thrilling plot proves thought-provoking, and it concludes with more questions than answers. Rebecca Schaeffer is the critically acclaimed author of Not Even Bones, Only Ashes Remain, and When Villains Rise. Occasionally graphic and frequently featuring unthinkable conflicts, the narrative spotlights the importance of bodily autonomy and offers readers a glimpse into a murderous us-vs.-them mindset. Nita possesses a unique ability to identify and dissect supernatural creatures, which her mother then sells on the black market. The story follows the protagonist, Nita, a teenage girl who has grown up in a family of monster hunters. This sets off a chain of events that plunges Nita further into the black market world, only this time as a commodity rather than a supplier. ‘Not Even Bones’ is a young adult horror novel written by Rebecca Schaeffer. After Nita comes up against one hard and fast moral line she won’t cross-slicing pieces from a live specimen, a boy-she defies her cruel mother, who doesn’t take disobedience lightly. Nita, herself a self-healing unnatural, has the grim task of dissecting the corpses, though she likes it just fine. In Peru, 17-year-old Nita’s mother hunts and kills “unnaturals,” supernatural beings who coexist with humans, and her father sells their body parts online. ![]() Author Schaeffer debuts with a dark fantasy tale of survival. ![]()
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