City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is a great read for fans of young adult fantasy. The world of Shadowhunters is fascinating and the characters are well-developed. The plot twists and turns will keep you engaged until the very end. The unique tattoos and weapons of the Shadowhunters make for vivid and exciting action scenes.

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• Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2008)
• Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee for Honor book (2009)
• South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2010)
• Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (2010)
• Lincoln Award (2010)

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...

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