Dimensions
128 x 198 x 16mm
Beast is the chilling debut novel from Ally Kennen. Her writing will catch you unawares and never let you go.
‘He is floating on the surface; his massive head is turned towards me. We eyeball each other. A Couple of grey fathers stick out from his jaws. His eyes are black with a grey slit. He is not moving but he’s watching me as I move around the cage. I look at the broken bar and the open hatch. This is it, I think to myself. I’ve had nightmares about him escaping. About him following me everywhere I go. If he gets out I’ll never be able to go out alone again. And never after dark. And never near deep water. He knows my scent. He connects me with food. He’ll track me down one day.’
In the caged depths of an urban reservoir lives a monstrous creature. Its existence is unknown to anyone except the teenage boy who feeds it. Six years ago it was a vicious little baby, now it has grown enormous, and its rusting pen can’t hold it much longer… Stephen has kept the Beast a secret against all the odds. He’s used to keeping painful secrets — like why he never sees his mother, or mentions his brother Selby, and wishes his father was dead. Stephen’s life in foster care, always bad, is getting worse, and he’s not a boy who plays by the rules. But his extraordinary efforts to free
himself of the Beast make him a hero that readers will never forget.
Ages: 14+
