{"product_id":"9780312608644","title":"Newes from the Dead","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNewes from the Dead\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mary Hooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intriguing and captivating.\"—Celia Rees, author of \u003ci\u003eWitch Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWRONGED. HANGED. ALIVE? (AND TRUE!)\u003cbr\u003eAnne can't move a muscle, can't open her eyes, can't scream. She lies immobile in the darkness, unsure if she'd dead, terrified she's buried alive, haunted by her final memory—of being hanged. A maidservant falsely accused of infanticide in 1650 England and sent to the scaffold, Anne Green is trapped with her racing thoughts, her burning need to revisit the events—and the man—that led her to the gallows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, a shy 18-year-old medical student attends his first dissection and notices something strange as the doctors prepare their tools . . . Did her eyelids just flutter? Could this corpse be alive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written, impossible to put down, and meticulously researched, \u003ci\u003eNewes from the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the true story of the real Anne Green, a servant who survived a hanging to awaken on the dissection table. \u003ci\u003eNewes from the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with scans of the original 1651 document that recounts this chilling medical phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewes from the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Intriguing and captivating.” —\u003ci\u003eCelia Rees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A chilling, mesmerizing read.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A grabber of a premise.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A historical mystery that is creepy in the best Edgar Allen Poe tradition, as well as thought-provoking.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“First-rate . . . Anne's story, handled with skill and passion, will be hard for anyone to put down.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A well researched, riveting read.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens, USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Book, Winner USBBY Outstanding International Book, Winner NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age, Long-listed Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312608644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40631426089166,"sku":"9780312608644","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_e49e68cb-4304-481c-902f-1c17b5647a9b.jpg?v=1638843513","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312608644","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}