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Whooooaaaa weird. This is a strange and gripping book, and I am still not sure if it's actually good or not. I know I couldn't stop reading it. It opens with a bizarre and frightening scene worthy of Stephen King: a boy, Milo, is sitting down to dinner with his family when he suddenly feels a ravenous hunger and procedes to violently demolish the entire family dinner, eating and drinking everything in sight. Immediately, his body begins to change: his hair falls out, his eyes bulge unnaturally, and he flees his home knowing that this is only the beginning. It's one heck of an opener! From there, the book calms down a bit, but there is still a strong element of the grotesque all the way through. The basic idea is that six children (including Milo) have been drawn to Coldharbour, a vast garbage dump. They all feel that they have a part to play there, but none of them are quite sure what, yet. They just know it has something to do with the frightening roaring they can feel underneath all other sounds. As I said, I was gripped by this novel, and I think the series has some potential to be really fascinating, provided that McNish does not get too caught up in his fascination with the strange.
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ISBN:
9780822565031
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
09/01/2006
Publisher:
LERNER PUBLISHING GROUP
Series info:
Silver Sequence 01
Pages:
192
Height:
7.78 in.
Width:
5.16 in.
Thickness:
.59 in.
Series:
Silver Sequence 01
Series Number:
1
Age Range:
8-12 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2006
Series Volume:
01
UPC Code:
2800822565033
Author:
Cliff McNish
Subject:
Metamorphosis
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
Children s-General
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