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Never Trust a Dead Man | 
 enlarge | Author: Vivian Vande Velde
Publisher: Magic Carpet Books
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 616007
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0152064486
EAN: 9780152064488
ASIN: 0152064486
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Product Description
When Selwyn is accused of murdering his rival, Farold, he is sealed in the village burial cave with Farold’s moldering corpse to await starvation—or worse. Worse comes along quickly in the form of a witch who raises Farold from the dead. Selwyn thought he disliked Farold when he was alive, but that was nothing compared to working by the dead man’s side as they search for the real killer.
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 Dirty Laundry June 13, 2006
One day while removing stumps from a field, young Selwyn finds out that he is being accused of the murder of a semi-rival. The both were trying for the hand of the same girl and Selwyn lost. Now that his rival is dead, Selwyn is believed guilty as a matter of course. Before he even knows what is happening, he is officially found guilty and imprisoned in the burial tomb where the dead rival is being laid to rest. All seems hopeless until Selwyn gets a visit from a witch looking for some hair from a newly dead man. Selwyn now has a chance of survival and that means a chance of clearing his name.
Clearing his name is not a simple as Selwyn thinks it should be. To do so he will need help from the witch and that will cost him time in her service. One of the things he needs is to contact his dead rival who's soul is then brought back into a bat. At every turn Selwyn finds himself deeper in debt to the witch and no closer to his goal. His new bat companion is a real jerk and Selwyn keeps uncovering details conveniently not mentioned previously. As the plot progresses, the number of suspects continues to grow as the deceased was not exactly liked. How Selwyn manages to complete his task in the little time he has makes for a fun story.
Part of this book reminded me of the film Drowning Mona where the question isn't so much who committed the murder but who didn't. It is fun to see the town's hidden scandals and secrets revealed as Selwyn tries to figure out who the murderer is. A fun and fast-paced tale full of magic, mystery and scandal. Check it out.
 Lilliths review December 16, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
sewlyn is accused and stuck in a cave to die. elswyth an old witch helps him out but he has to pay a year for it he alsoasks her to bring back farolds soul so he can help find who might have killed him. They go back to the town as a pilgrim a bat and are ran out by orik the tavern owner. the next time they go back he is disguised as kendra, oriks daughter, and a golden finch for farold. during this time they find out that anora was mad at kendra because she had farolds baby. thats why kendra was sent away. then she comes back while sewlyn is at farolds uncle and still disguised like her.
Fun read September 19, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Young adult book about seventeen year old, Selwyn Roweson. The story begins with Selwyn being accused and convicted as a murderer. It's kind of hard to protest when they've gagged your mouth and you have no say in the matter. Because there is no executoner in the small town and the townspeople don't want to have to wait for the authorities, they decide to bury Selwyn with the dead body in a local burial cave. The dead, Farold, was never a friend of Selwyn. As a matter of fact, the two boys were both vying for the hand of the same pretty girl. (She chose Farold.) But when a strange witch shows up inside the dark cave and shows Selwyn the way out (after agreeing to payment), Selwyn finds himself with a chance to find the real killer (with the help of the witch and the dead Farold).
Wittily told. I laughed throughout.
Pun Shanghai's Book Review May 27, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Never Trust a Dead Man is definitely a great book; hence its interesting title. The protagonist is a teenaged boy, Selwyn, who have been falsely accused of killing his lifetime enemy, Farold. As a punishment, he is to be buried alive in the burial cave with Farold's dead body. The story heats up when a witch comes along and raises Farold up from the dead to help Selwyn find the real murderer. This teamed up of a dead man and a falsely accused murderer makes this plot unique from every other book I have ever read. Original as it is, the plot also moves quite rapidly, with surprising entrances of new characters. To make the story juiced up, there are many foreshadowing that lead to solving the main conflict of discovering the real murderer. However, each time the chapter progress, the foreshadowing lead us to a new suspect. During the story, I sometimes wondered about what I would do if I was in Selwyn's place, and found myself stuck with many different thoughts. Despite my thoughts, the story seems to always go a different direction. The only correct prediction I made about this book is probably the theme, which is "There is a nice side behind every evil man." A perfect example of this is my favorite character, the witch. Although she appears to be all evil and dark, throughout the story she plays the biggest role in helping Selwyn find the real murderer. Compared to other mystery and suspense books, I would rate Never Trust a Dead Man five stars, because this is a one-of-a-kind-book. It is very entertaining how the author perfectly combines mystery, suspense, humor, and fantasy altogether to make this book very original. I would strongly recommend this book to all the young adults, who are looking for something new and interesting.
 never trust a dead man November 17, 2004
This novel was very good. The plot of this book is Sewlyn was convicted of murdering his worst enemy.The village put Sewlyn in Farolds tomb and a witch came for some ingredients and found Sewlyn and listened to his problem. She raised Farold from the dead as a bat. Now Sewlyn and Farold , once great enemies, have to join togather to find the real murderer of Farold.This book would be good for about every age group 5-20.I really liked this book a lot. I liked this book because I could not put it down and it always had me on the edge of my seat. This is the book review for Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde.
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