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By: Rick Yancey

Part of series: The Monstrumologist Part 2

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  • CategoryYoung Adult
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages424
  • Published2010
  • File size1.5 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9781416984504

Key ideas from the book

  • Dr. Warthrop is challenged to reconsider his belief that the Wendigo is fictitious.
  • Will Henry and Warthrop pursue a creature defined by an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
  • The story links the Wendigo legend with the idea of the vampire as neither living nor dead.
  • The novel explores the uncertain boundary between myth and reality.
  • Readers encounter questions of love and hate, genius and madness.

About The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey

In this second novel in The Monstrumologist series, Dr. Warthrop is asked by his former fiancée to rescue her husband, who has been taken by a Wendigo in the Canadian wilderness. Warthrop considers the creature fictitious, but after finding the man and witnessing his transformation, he and his assistant Will Henry set out to hunt it.

Blending monster horror with questions about myth and reality, the story also draws parallels between the Wendigo and the vampire. It may appeal to young adult readers who enjoy supernatural horror, creature stories, and a hunt that tests the boundary between the impossible and the real.

About Rick Yancey

Rick Yancey is an American author whose novels span young adult science fiction, horror, and adventure. He is best known for The 5th Wave, a post-apocalyptic series about a teenager navigating an alien invasion, and The Monstrumologist series, which follows a young apprentice investigating monsters in the nineteenth century. His books often combine suspense and speculative ideas with questions of survival, loyalty, and growing up. The Monstrumologist was a finalist for the National Book Award…

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