title: The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends
author:  Ann Fiery 
description: As it happens, that little dog that got nuked in the microwave was named Vince. That's one of the priceless details Ann Fiery has added to breathe new life into 25 old stories in <i>The Completely and Totally True Book of Urban Legends</i>. The tanning-booth disaster becomes a tragedy of suburban banality, the hydrogen beer fiasco levels a city, and subtle anti-American sentiments find expression in a simple toothbrush. Fiery's prose is sharp and engaging, her characterization lively, and her pacing brilliant. Artist Mark Ulriksen captures the essence of each tale with a creepy (if often quite funny) painting that leers from a facing page. The retelling of these legends in short-short story form forces the reader to think about how they hold our interest, why we love to hear and spread them, and why so many are about dogs. <i>--Rob Lightner</i>
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  # THE BEAST OF NOOR
  
  
  JANET LEE CAREY
  
  
  ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS  
  New York, LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY
  
  
  
  
  
  ALSO BY JANET LEE CAREY
  
  
  _MollY’s Fire_
  
  
  _Wenny Has Wings_
  
  
  _The Double Life of Zoe Flynn_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Atheneum Books for Young Readers  
  An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division  
  1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real
  people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters,
  places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any
  resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is
  entirely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © 2006 by Janet Lee Carey
  
  
  All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part
  in any form.
  
  
  Book design by Michael McCartney
  
  
  The text for this book is set in Centaur and NotCaslon.
  
  
  Manufactured in the United States of America
  
  
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