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City of Bones

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City of Bones

Mortal Instruments Book 1

Book 1 of the Mortal Instruments series.Fifteen year old Clary Fray thinks she is an ordinary New Yorker until she witnesses a demon being killed in a nightclub and her mother disappears. Drawn into the Shadowhunters’ war, she races to find the Mortal Cup and the truth about her family.

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Published 2007
Part of the Mortal Instruments series as book 1.

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Fifteen year old Clary Fray thinks she is an ordinary New Yorker until she witnesses a demon being killed in a nightclub and her mother disappears. Drawn into the Shadowhunters’ war, she races to find the Mortal Cup and the truth about her family.

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A good next step after City of Bones is City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels.

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City of Bones was published in 2007.