Clare, Cassandra.  City of Bones.  Toronto:  Simon Pulse, 2007.

Clary Fray has always considered herself normal.  Raised by her mother, and told that her father died before she was born, Clary never thought to question what her mother told her.  Soon, however, everything she has ever known comes in to question when she witnesses strange teenagers commit murder right before her eyes – and no one else can see them. Pulled into New York City’s underworld of demons and demon killers, Clary must try to find out what her mother has hidden from her for her entire life.

Witty and with a fresh take on fantasy, City of Bones offers readers a fast paced plot in a book seriously hard to put down!