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Creature of the Night (Hardcover)

by Kate Thompson (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books (5 Jun 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0370329295
  • ISBN-13: 978-0370329291
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 266,506 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #17 in  Books > Fiction > Authors, A-Z > T > Thompson, Kate

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I could hear Dennis talking to my ma. 'She was little,' he said. 'Little like me. But old. Older than you. Those words gave me a cold shock. I could see Dennis imagining fairies, but old ones? When Bobby's mother moves the family into a rented house in the country, a neighbour tells him that a child was once murdered there. Bobby doesn't care. All he wants is to get back to Dublin and to resume his wild life there, stealing from the crowded shopping streets and racing stolen cars at night. But getting his old life back doesn't turn out to be so easy, and the longer he spends in the old cottage, the more convinced he becomes that something very strange is going on there. Was there really a murder? And if so, was it the one he has been told about?

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I could hear Dennis talking to my ma. ‘She was little,’ he said. ‘Little like me. But old. Older than you.’ Those words gave me a cold shock. I could see Dennis imagining fairies, but old ones?

When Bobby’s mother moves the family into a rented house in the country, a neighbour tells him that a child was once murdered there. Bobby doesn’t care. All he wants is to get back to Dublin and to resume his wild life there, stealing from the crowded shopping streets and racing stolen cars at night. But getting his old life back doesn’t turn out to be so easy, and the longer he spends in the old cottage, the more convinced he becomes that something very strange is going on there.

Was there really a murder? And if so, was it the one he has been told about?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping stuff, 17 May 2009
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Frightening, funny, sad and hopeful. Kate Thompson makes every aspect very real - especially the parts that could be imaginary.
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