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Monster


No. of pages 320

Published: 2015

Great for age 12-18 years

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Every girl at Bathory School has heard stories about The Beast. No one believed they were true. Until Now. 'Grisly, nail-biting fun!' - Lovereading4kids.co.uk At sixteen Nash thought that the fight to become Head Girl of prestigious boarding school Bathory would be the biggest battle shed face. Until her brothers disappearance leads to Nash being trapped at the school over Christmas with Bathorys assorted misfits. As a blizzard rages outside, strange things are afoot in the schools hallways, and legends of the mysterious Beast of Bathory a big cat rumoured to room the moors outside the school run wild. Yet when the girls Matron goes missing its clear that something altogether darker is to blame and that theyll have to stick together if they hope to survive. Praise for C J Skuse 'Monster is another rollicking adventure but you might not want to read the final chapter alone in the house . . . or while you're eating . . . as you find out the truth about the Beast of Bathory. Great fun.' Martin Chilton, Telegraph's Best YA Books 2015 'CJ does it again, with a boarding school story packed with tensionNobody captures the darkness of teenage nightmares quite like CJ Skuse.' Sophia Bennett, author of The Look 'This book is a skillfully crafted rollercoaster of excitement, fear and shocks'Reading Zone 'The book has one of the best endings I've read.' 4.5 starsThe Bookbag 'Fiendishly dark, with a sense of humour. CJ Skuse always inspires deep author envy' Keren David, YA Book Prize Nominee on Monster It's an absolute page-turner! I gobbled it up in one sitting, and it kept me guessing right till the end. A deliciously creepy horror story, served up with CJ's trademark humour. Cat Clarke. Its so good, Id recommend it to people I dont like Kevin Brooks on Pretty Bad Things A rip roaring story Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian on Rockoholic sharp, funny and knowing The Telegraph on Rockoholic The tension and the comedy crack along with a heart-warming hilarity that is impossible to resist.- Amanda Craig, The Times on Dead Romantic

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 13 years.

There are 320 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers .

C. J. SKUSE loves graphic novels, '80s sitcoms, Gummi Bears, My Chemical Romance, and malamutes. She hates omelettes, carnivals, and coughs. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University in England. BCCB called her novel PRETTY BAD THINGS "a fast-paced action adventure [that] provides a subtle sociolgical study of the effects of living in a hyper-mediated culture"! ROCKOHOLIC is her second book.

 

'Monster is a tension-packed thrill ride' - Sister Spooky Blog

'The mystery is engaging, the relationships between the various different teens are interesting, and there's even a bit of romance thrown in for good measure.' - SFX

'Grisly, nail-biting fun!' - Andrea Reece, Lovereading4kids.co.uk