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Creature of the Night

Kate Thompson

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English
Red Fox
01 July 2009
From this multi-award winning author comes a gritty, hard-hitting tale of disaffected youth, but not without a hint of Kate's signature fantasy.

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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Imprint:   Red Fox
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   192g
ISBN:   9781862303508
ISBN 10:   1862303509
Pages:   272
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 17 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  12+ years ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kate Thompson is one of the most exciting authors writing for young people today for she is a born storyteller, highly original and thought provoking in her ideas. She has travelled widely in the USA and India and studied law in London. After living in County Clare, she moved to Kinvara in County Galway and it was there that she discovered her passion for playing the fiddle. She is now an accomplished player and also has a great interest in restoring instruments. Kate is a multi-award winning author and the only author to win the Children's Books Ireland Bisto Book of the Year award four times.

Reviews for Creature of the Night

A tale that interweaves contemporary teenage experience - strong language, bad habits and all - with Irish folklore and a murder mystery -- Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times


  • Short-listed for Bisto Book of the Year Award 2009
  • Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2009
  • Shortlisted for Bisto Book of the Year Award 2009.
  • Shortlisted for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008.
  • Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2009.
  • Winner of Bisto Honour Award / Gradam Feabhais Bisto 2009.
  • Winner of Bisto Merit Award 2009.

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