Rag Man - 1st Edition/1st Printing

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743205596 . A handsome first edition/first printing with a bump to bottom of front board, else Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author Pete Hautman directly on the title page; When 11-year-old Max moves with his mom to a small town in upstate New York, he's excited to start a new chapter in his life. But Max's new home is anything but welcoming- the locals are hostile, the school is terrible, and the only friend he's made is a rag man who prowls the streets at night.One night, Max follows the rag man to a dark warehouse, where he witnesses something shocking. The rag man is kidnapping children and performing gruesome experiments on them. Max is the only one who can stop him, but he doesn't know how.Max is determined to find out the truth, even if it means risking his own safety. With the help of his new friend, a girl named Tish, Max discovers that the rag man is a member of a secret society that's been planning to take over the world for centuries. And if Max can't stop them before it's too late, the future of; 8vo; FSA ; Signed by Author .