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The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Winner of the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Young Adult 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel finalist 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist A Lambda Literary Award finalist 2021 Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot for Young Adult Novels A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens 2021 "An achingly rendered exploration of queer desire, grief, and the inexorable scars of the past." —Katy Rose Pool, author of There Will Come A Darkness Death lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he'll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when Alter's best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a long line of murdered Jewish boys, his dream begins to slip away. While the rest of the city is busy celebrating the World's Fair, Alter is now living a nightmare: possessed by Yakov's dybbuk, he is plunged into a world of corruption and deceit, and thrown back into the arms of a dangerous boy from

Who reads The City Beautiful?

Author

Aden Polydoros

Publisher

Inkyard Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780369702821

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Fantasy, Other Fantasy Fiction Categories

Rating

4.5 / 5 (150 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14