From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a gripping, dynamic ( Booklist , starred review) portrayal of the oftentimes traumatic experience of growing up.
And if he isn\'t careful, Virgil\'s afraid it\'ll come back to finish him off, or worse--that he\'ll become one himself..
Except he knows the monster is still out there.
But being the new kid in a town where everybody knows everybody is hard enough as it is without being the kid who\'s afraid of monsters, so he tries to keep a low profile.
He\'s positive it was a monster.
Virgil doesn\'t think it was any of those things.
It must\'ve been a bear, or a badger, or a gator--definitely no monster.
He was hanging out where he wasn\'t supposed to, they said.
He\'d been drinking, they said.
Not even after he stumbled into the busy town center, bleeding, battered, and bruised, for everyone to see.
Of course, no one in Merritt believes him.
Virgil Knox was attacked by a monster.
From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a gripping, dynamic ( Booklist , starred review) portrayal of the oftentimes traumatic experience of growing up
