An acquaintance with darkness

Description:

Fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush suspects that her uncle is involved in body snatching. Meanwhile, her best friend's family is accused of plotting to kill Abraham Lincoln, and Emily is left unsure of whom she can trust.

subjects: Assassination,  Body snatching,  D.C. Washington Civil War, 1861-1865,  Fiction,  History,  Physicians,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Children's fiction,  Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, assassination, fiction,  Physicians, fiction,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction,  Washington (d.c.), fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Theft, fiction

People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Places: D.C. Washington,  United States,  Washington (D.C.)

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865