Sawbones by Catherine Johnson

Sawbones

Sawbones #1

Catherine Johnson

272 pages • first pub 2013 (view editions)

fiction historical mystery young adult mysterious fast-paced
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Sawbones is perfect for readers who crave a gory, pulse-pounding apprenticeship in 18th-century surgery mixed with a grave-robbing caper that pulls a gifted teen sawbones and a magician’s plucky daughter from a London anatomy theatre to the locked vaults of Newgate and the candlelit corridors of the Ottoman Embassy.

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Sixteen-year-old Ezra McAdam has much to be thankful for: trained up as an apprentice by a well-regarded London surgeon, Ezra’s knowledge of human anatomy and skill at the dissection table will secure him a trade for life. However, his world is tu...

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Community Reviews

3.4
based on 89 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 85%

mysterious: 85%

dark: 42%

challenging: 28%

tense: 28%

reflective: 14%

Pace

37% of readers chose fast
62% of readers chose medium
fast
medium

Plot or character driven?

37% of readers chose Plot
62% of readers chose A mix
Plot
A mix

Strong character development?

25% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
50% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

62% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Diverse cast of characters?

75% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

12% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
62% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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