The Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden

What if you found your own grave - and it wasn't empty? Discover the dark delights of faeries and fortune-tellers in this gently spooky book from the author of <i>Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times</i>, sure to appeal to fans of <i>Coraline</i>.<br><br>Grave robbing is a messy business.<br> <br>A bad business. And for Thomas Marsden, on what was previously an unremarkable spring night in London, it becomes a very spooky business. For lying in an unmarked grave and half covered with dirt is a boy the spitting image of Thomas himself. This is only the first clue that something very strange is happening. Others follow, but it is a fortune-teller's frightened screams that lead Thomas into a strange world of spiritualists, death, and faery folk. Faery folk with whom Thomas's life is bizarrely linked. Faery folk who need his help.<br> <br>Desperate to unearth the truth about himself and where he comes from, Thomas is about to discover magic, ritual, and the uncanny truth that sometimes the things that make a boy ordinary are what make him extraordinary.