Marjan steps into a secret world hidden in plain sight, where mythical creatures are bought and sold, treasured and trapped. And now that he’s gone, she must take his place. The creatures out of the stories he told her were real-and he traveled the world to care for them. Then, one day, she receives a visitor who reveals something stunning: Marjan’s father was no ordinary veterinarian. In the wake of her father’s sudden death, she is trying to hold it all together: her schoolwork, friendships, and keeping her dad’s shoestring veterinary practice from going under. Tales of extraordinary beasts that filled her with curiosity and wonder.īut Marjan’s not a little girl anymore. So began the stories Marjan’s father told her as a little girl-fables like the story of the girl who sprung a unicorn from a hunter’s snare, or the nomad boy who rescued a baby shirdal. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them meets Neil Gaiman in this thrilling novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to mythical creatures-and that she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
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