An Acquaintance with DarknessHarcourt Brace, 1999 - 294 páginas Overview: When her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush is forced to go live with her uncle Valentine. She is immediately suspicious of her uncle's unusual late-night activities and fears he may be involved with body-snatching, but every time she resolves to confront him, she is thrown off balance by something good he has done. When she stumbles upon the truth, the betrayal is more than she can bear. But when forced to put her emotions aside, Emily discovers that although her uncle is breaking the law, the risk he takes ultimately benefits mankind. |
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Addie Almshouse Annie Annie's asked Aunt Susie body snatching Bransby brother Brothers Grimm candles carriage cemetery daddy David Herold dead bodies doctor door dress Elizabeth Keckley Emily everything eyes face father felt flowers Ford's Theater front funeral gate gave girls gone grave hands hang head heard horse inside John Wilkes Booth Johnny Surratt Johnny's killed knew Lincoln live looked Mama Mama's Marietta Mary Mary Surratt Maryland Maude McQuade medical schools Merry Merry Andrews Miss Muffet morning mother Mudd Myra Mott never night nightflowers nodded paper parlor portmanteau Potter's Field president prison Puss-in-Boots Richmond Robert Rumpelstiltskin shed smiled soldiers someone started Stephanie Wilson stood stopped street supposed Surratt house Surrattsville talking tell things thought told tonight took Uncle Valentine Valentine's voice waiting walked Washington White House woman
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