From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a āgripping, dynamicā (Booklist, starred review) portrayal of the oftentimes traumatic experience of growing up.
Virgil Knox was attacked by a monster.
Of course, no one in Merritt believes him. Not even after he stumbled into the busy town center, bleeding, battered, and bruised, for everyone to see. Heād been drinking, they said. He was hanging out where he wasnāt supposed to, they said. It mustāve been a bear, or a badger, or a gatorādefinitely no monster.
Virgil doesnāt think it was any of those things. Heās positive it was a monster. But being the new kid in a town where everybody knows everybody is hard enough as it is without being the kid whoās afraid of monsters, so he tries to keep a low profile.
Except he knows the monster is still out there. And if he isnāt careful, Virgilās afraid itāll come back to finish him off, or worseāthat heāll become one himself.