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Four and Twenty Blackbirds

  • 2003 first published
  • 285 pages
  • 4 editions

Published in 2003, Four and Twenty Blackbirds is a horror novel by Cherie Priest. Key subjects include orphans, young women, blessing and cursing and racially mixed people.

It has been published in 4 editions.

It runs to roughly 285 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Subjects

  • Music, vocational guidance
  • Music, history and criticism, 21st century
  • Orphans
  • Young women
  • Blessing and cursing
  • Racially mixed people
  • Birthfathers
  • Horror
  • Tennessee
  • Georgia

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Four and Twenty Blackbirds?

Four and Twenty Blackbirds was written by Cherie Priest and first published in 2003.

What genre is Four and Twenty Blackbirds?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Four and Twenty Blackbirds?

The median edition has 285 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Four and Twenty Blackbirds?

Readers who like it often enjoy Thinner, Plain Bad Heroines and Anna Dressed in Blood.

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