Creature of the Night (novel) facts for kids
First USA edition volume of Creature of the Night as published by Roaring Brook Press
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| Author | Kate Thompson |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Publisher | Bodley Head |
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Publication date
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5 June 2008 |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 978-0-370-32929-1 |
| OCLC | 213382225 |
Creature of the Night is a young adult novel by Kate Thompson. It was first published by Bodley Head on 5 June 2008. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize.
Plot summary
Bobby, the fourteen-year-old narrator, is a thief and a hooligan. When his mother moves him and his young brother to a cottage near Ennis in County Clare his only thought is how to get back to a life of crime in Dublin. Eventually he steals a Skoda car and goes back, only to find things have changed and he has no place there. He reluctantly returns to the cottage and is given work by a local farmer.
The cottage they are living in is on a path between two fairy forts. The family is warned by the farmer’s mother to put out a bowl of milk every night, but they consider this a mere superstition. Being deprived of the milk, a little old fairy woman comes through the dog flap into the kitchen. Dennis, Bobby's brother, sees and accepts her, but for Bobby it is a baffling and rather frightening mystery.
