Author(s): Doug MacLeod

Middle Readers

Thomas Timewell is sixteen and a gentleman. When he meets a body-snatcher called Plenitude, his whole life changes. He is pursued by cutthroats, a gypsy with a meat cleaver, and even the Grim Reaper. More disturbing still, Thomas has to spend an evening with the worst novelist in the world. A very black comedy set in England in 1828, The Life of a Teenage Body-snatchershows what terrible events can occur when you try to do the right thing. 'Never a good idea,' as Thomas's mother would say.