Danny first has a feeling that he's experienced something strange when he's walking home on a cold, snowy night in Canada. He's pretty sure it was a large animal. But, what kind of an animal? Danny and his Dad live a solitary, bachelor life since Mom died. They're both grieving her loss but not sharing their grief with each other.
Danny and his friends are about to find themselves up against something they've never could have imagined. Teens are dying. Something is taking them. What is it and how can they convince the authorities that it's really out there? Working together, Danny, Ash, Danny's friend, Howie, and his brother, Pike, try to understand and prove that there is a supernatural beast in the neighborhood and no teen is safe. The tension and suspense will keep you turning the pages. Ash is fighting her own battles, literally and figuratively and she and Danny have a sort of animal magnetism for each other that fits right in to their gritty world. Edge of your seat and well done.
304 pages 978-0307975935 Ages 13 and up
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
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Danny is sick of running. Harvest Cove is the latest nowhere place he's drifted through with his dad. In summer, people come to stay in cottages on the vast lake. In winter, Harvest Cove is a ghost town hidden away in Canada's Big Empty. Danny's been running forever, but Harvest Cove might be his last stop. The place has a way of making people disappear.
As the cold sets in, Danny and his new friends stumble on a centuries-old nightmare. They start seeing things. Impossible things. And in winter, there's no escape from Harvest Cove.---from the publisher