Ripper by Stephan Petrucha
Title: Ripper Author: Stephan Petrucha Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 69858 Description: Adopted by Pinkerton Agency Detective Hawking in 1895 New York, fourteen-year-old Carver hopes to find his birth father, but he becomes involved in the pursuit of Jack the ripper, and discovers finding the truth may be worse than ignorance. Rubric Rating: Level 2 - Like It. Why I Read It: A morbid fascination with Jack the Ripper and related crime writing. Notes: I wanted to give this book a better rating. I really liked the writing and found that the plot moved very quickly, probably because of the short chapters. But there were aspects of the characters that I found too unbelievable or convenient. The main character Carver Young, is an orphan in New York’s Ellis orphanage. Desperate to discover who he is, he breaks into the file room and steals a letter apparently written by his father. His counte...