her father—who taught her to always do the right thing—is acting strangely and doing nothing to help them either

in the journal companion

the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world is thrown out of whack

or even through space travel

lighthearted and always respectful of their intelligence

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Jenna Wortham her father—who taught her toAndersons imaginative and highly intelligent exploration of . . . the ambiguous history of Americas origins will leave readers impatient for the sequel. The New York Times Book Review Young Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers but it is only after he opens a forbidden door that learns the hideous nature of their experiments, and his own chilling role them. Set in Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Andersons