Creature of the Night - Tapa blanda

"This novel will draw in reluctant readers with the mysterious supernatural elements as well as the mayhem and defiance. Once hooked, they will be moved by the way that Bobby reassesses his expectations for himself due to the kindness and mentoring of a neighbor."--Starred, "School Library Journal ""Irish author Thompson is well established as a master of supernatural stories, but she shines here in the realistic plot as well." --"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ""True to an astonishingly amoral worldview while equally revealing of Bobby's compassion, this novel scintillates." --Starred, "Kirkus Reviews ""While . . . mysteries move the plot forward, Bobby is growing up. He comes to appreciate the rural life and country people, admiring their honesty and work ethic, even as the street life of gangs and crime loses its luster." --"Horn Book ""A unique blend of subtlety and brashness, this is an honest coming-of-age in the guise of a gripping YAy

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?