Jackson is always eager to visit his aunt Sarah at her anthropological digs. This time she's in England, at Stonehenge, and Jackson's particularly excited to see the massive and mysterious stone formations in person. But then he sees a young man viciously attacked and witnesses a similar savage attack on his beloved aunt Sarah. A beast no one has ever seen before is on the prowl and Jackson must rush to stop it before it can kill again. Can he solve the mystery of the inhuman monster that is stalking the countryside - before it's too late?
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"I read this book to my students. It is fantasy, so not my favoarite genre. But Zindel is a great author for young readers and the students love the plot of this book. It's a quick read with lots of suspense. " — Kathy (4 out of 5 stars)
"I read this book to my students. It is fantasy, so not my favoarite genre. But Zindel is a great author for young readers and the students love the plot of this book. It's a quick read with lots of suspense. "
" This a somewhat of a scary book. The creature is very scary and like most of Paul Zindel's books, people do die. "
" This was really good. The ending was kind of dissappointing, it could be better. "
" ok book .. suspenseful .I had to read on because i was to scared to go to sleep .i would recommend it to someone who likes 1000 year old creatures that probably never existed but hey, that's me "
" I read this book to my students. It is fantasy, so not my favoarite genre. But Zindel is a great author for young readers and the students love the plot of this book. It's a quick read with lots of suspense. "
" Paul Zindel writes great PG gore. Hell to the yes. "
" It wasn't too good of a book. "
" I thought I'd hate this book and I got sucked right in...high action and enough gore to please any teenage horror fan. "
" i have good opinions about this book because there is a very mysterious story going on throughout the book. a boy goes to stonehendge with his aunt to study and do some architecture "
" I love this book! It had alot of action. "
" Read this a really long time ago, but I remember not being able to put it down and being terrified by it (I was young) "
" Excellent for reluctant readers: suspense, action, blood, monster, pretty girl, etc. "
" Literally the first book i ever read all the way through. although it was a long time ago i remember really enjoying it. bought it at a book fair some 17 years ago. pretty sure its still in a box in my closet. "
" Recommended by a student (B. Weaver) "
" Had to read this for school, it was kind of goofy and it was really predictable. "
" all people who like a good mystery would like this book "
" Violence+Blood+Action+mystery+teenage protagonist=gooda bit shortstoryline is not so magnificent, but then again i read it in 6th grade, so what do i know >_> "
Paul Zindel (1936-2003) attended Wagner College, where he majored in chemistry, but also studied playwrighting with Edward Albee. He pursued playwrighting while teaching high school chemistry for ten years, quitting teaching in order to pursue writing full time after his 1969 play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, won the Pulitzer Prize. In addition to his writing for the stage and screen, Zindel authored more than 50 books, most for young people.
Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. As one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices, he has received thirty-seven Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.
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