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Dust City (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Robert Paul Weston (Author) (edit contributors)

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Henry Whelp doesn’t want to take after his father, a convicted murderer, but things aren’t looking good. Serving out a juvenile sentence at the St. Remus Home for Wayward Youth for an act of vandalism that nearly killed someone, Henry seems to be proving correct all those folks who assumed... read more

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Dust City is different from any book. It would classify as a fairy tale re-imagining, but it is so much more than that. The main character, Henry Whelp, has had to live his whole life being the son of the big, bad wolf who killed Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. He has a bad... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Dust City is different from any book. It would classify as a fairy tale re-imagining, but it is so much more than that. The main character, Henry Whelp, has had to live his whole life being the son of the big, bad wolf who killed Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. He has a bad reputation and is in a form of juvie because he is a wolf even though he has not done anything wrong. Dust City is a world where selling synthetic fairy dust is the main money source. Synthetic fairy dust replaced true fairy dust ever since the fairies disappeared. Fairy dust is pretty much the it drug of Dust City. Anyways, Henry escapes juvie because he believes he knows where the fairies are hiding and there is a chance he can clear his father's name.

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  • Henry Whelp: The main character, a wolf in juvy
  • Fiona: A female wolf with a flair for investigation
  • Roy: Fiona's brother, a rough wolf
  • Jack: Henry's friend, a thief, a hominid
  • Skinner: Mob leader. A dwarf.
  • Doc: Henry's psychologist
  • Detective White: Rough detective
  • Siobhan: Jack's girlfriend. An elf
  • Gram: Siobhan's great-grandmother
  • Tom: Henry's running partner
  • Matt: Former associate of Henry's father. Real name is Mattius.
  • Jerry: A drug-dealing fox
  • Gunther: Guard at St. Remus. A glob (goblin)
  • George: Henry's father, convicted of murder
  • Emily: Henry's mother (deceased)
  • Faelynn: A fairy, friend of Henry's family
  • David: Grave-digging giant
  • Richard: Frog turned into a human
  • Hans: Map-making hedgehog
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • St. Remus: Juvenile detention center
  • Eden: Former home of the fairies

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Once upon a time, fairydust came from where you'd expect it.

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Once Upon a Time

Part One: St. Remus
1. Butterfly on Fire
2. Gravel and Honey
3. Nothing to be Afraid of
4. Better Living Through Enchantment
5. Bubble of Mud
6. Stick of Gold
7. Fresh Scabs
8. Blood Memory of the Species
9. Appease the Giant

Part Two: The City
10. An Audience of One
11. Elven Incense
12. Dear Henry
13. The Nth Degree
14. The Edge of a Wood
15. George William Whelp
16. The Faster Beast
17. The Precision of Blood Spatter
18. Ready to Burn
19. Flophouse
20. A Million Glittering Teeth
21. The Deadest of Ends
22. Hands
23. Addicted to Being Whole
24. Warp and Weft
25. A Cloud on a Windless Day
26. Sunlight and Filth
27. Titans
28. The Way Things Are
29. A Bad Destiny
30. Proof
31. Broken Ghosts

Part Three: Eden
32. A Fairy Story
33. The Statuary
34. Bag of Beans
35. Big as Bedsheets
36. A Thousand Octobers
37. Creeping Disease
38. Leftover Miracles
39. Tooth and Claw
40. Paperweight
41. Like Father, Like Son
42. Once in a Lifetime
43. The Most Beautiful Species

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Robert Paul Weston (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Razorbill, part of the Penguin Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781595142962
Page Count: 300

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Strong torture scene, references to (made-up) drug use

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