Kiss Me, I’m Dead by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10: ‎1453857028
Publisher: ‎Cornucopia Press (March 18, 2024)
Edition: 6th
Language: ‎English
Print length: ‎172 pages

(formerly The Unresolved, Dutton/Penguin, released under pen name T.K. Welsh)

Twilight meets Titanic

BEFORE THERE WAS 9/11 . . . THERE WAS 6/15

On June 15, 1904, over a thousand New Yorkers, mostly German immigrants on a Church outing, died when the General Slocum steamship caught fire and sank in the East River. It was the greatest mass killing in New York City history . . . until 9/11.

Originally released in hardcover by Penguin/Dutton under the title The Unresolved and pen name T.K. Welsh, the novel is being re-released by Cornucopia Press in time for the 120th anniversary of the General Slocum tragedy.

When her Jewish boyfriend is accused of the crime by the German community, 15-year-old Mallory Meer risks everything to solve the mystery behind the senseless tragedy. Was Dustin guilty? Or was someone else responsible for the fire that killed over a thousand men, women and children—including Mallory’s own baby sister?

Only Mallory can understand what this tragedy truly means. Because she’s not only one of the victims . . . she’s one of the dead.

An extraordinary story of revenge, misogyny, anti-Semitism, the quest for justice, and of a love so powerful that not even death could extinguish it.

Ranked one of the Top Ten Children’s Books of the year (2006) by the Washington Post, KISS ME, I’M DEAD was named a Notable Book for Teens by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teen’s Top Ten, and nominated for a Cybils literary award, a Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) by the American Library Association (ALA), and listed on Horn Book’s Recommended American Historical Fiction list.
Ranked one of the Top Ten Children’s Books of the year (2006) by the Washington Post, KISS ME, I’M DEAD was named a Notable Book for Teens by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teen’s Top Ten, and nominated for a Cybils literary award, a Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) by the American Library Association (ALA), and listed on Horn Book’s Recommended American Historical Fiction list.

The Washington Post said, “(J.G. Sandom) writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction,” and called the book, “A subtle gem.” In its starred review, School Library Journal said, “ KISS ME, I’M DEAD tells a remarkable story in a remarkable way.” Horn Book Magazine called the work, “A decidedly unconventional ghost story . . . (and) a tightly wound novel.” Kirkus Reviews termed it, “A remarkable account.” Midwest Book Review called it, “a wonderfully different kind of ghost story.” And Romantic Times said, “ KISS ME, I’M DEAD is a book you shouldn’t pass up.”

Mallory Meer is like any other teenage girl. She likes to have fun. She thinks her sister is ridiculous. Her parents drive her crazy. She’s got a terrible crush on Dustin and follows him everywhere.

Mallory even has a summer job—figuring out the truth about the fire on the General Slocum steamship, the disaster that killed her sister. Mallory is determined to get to the bottom of it, to find out who’s guilty, and to finally bring them to justice.

Sometimes Mallory gets angry, very angry, and strange things happen when Mallory gets angry.

Yes, Mallory is like any other teenage girl . . . except Mallory is dead.

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Confessions of a Teenage Body Snatcher by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10: ‎145385875X
Publisher: ‎CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 20, 2010)
Language:‎ English
Print Length:‎ 232 pages

(Formerly Resurrection Men, Dutton/Penguin,
published under pen name T.K. Welsh)

Oliver Twist meets Taken

London in the 1830s is a Dickensian freak show. Medical scholars are desperate for dead bodies to use in the study of human anatomy. Body snatchers, known as Resurrection Men, steal corpses from fresh graves, or even pose as relatives to the dying poor in order to claim their bodies and sell them to researchers.

After his parents are killed right in front of him, 12-year-old Victor, from Modena, Italy, is sold as a cabin boy. His leg is shattered in a terrible fall on a ship and he is tossed overboard. Amazingly, Victor makes it to the coast of Britain where he is rescued by an elderly man who helps him learn English and nurses him back to health . . . only to sell him to Resurrection Men Tipple and Biggs.

The men bring Victor to London, where he joins a guild of beggars and befriends fellow outcasts Nico and Rebecca. Together, the children help each other beg, borrow and steal in order to survive.

Victor’s fortune changes when a kind physician, Dr. Thomas Quigley, takes an interest in him. He moves in with Dr. Quigley and becomes his apprentice. But Victor is unable to forget Rebecca and Nico.

They killed his best friend.
They kidnapped the girl that he loves.
Now there’s only one thing worse than their finding him . . .
and that’s hiM finding them first.

To find and rescue her, Victor must uncover the identity of the ghoulish murderer at the heart of London’s furtive trade in human trafficking.

As Victor attends an autopsy with Dr. Quigley, he is shocked to see his friend Nico on the table under the knife. Victor’s search to find out what happened to Nico eventually leads him to the greatest danger he’s ever faced. Someone is kidnapping and infecting street children with cholera in illegal medical experiments . . . and now Rebecca is missing.

Publishers Weekly called Confessions of a Teenage Body Snatcher, “A haunting tour of London’s underclass during the 1830s . . . Teens will likely be both captivated by Victor’s harrowing story as well as his ability to prevail in the face of harsh injustices.”

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