Scowler

By Daniel Kraus

Book Overview

Equal parts haunting and horrifying, this literary horror novel gives readers insight into the mind of a controlling homicidal man and the son who must stop him.  "Marvin Burke is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery."--Cory Doctorow, author of Little Children and coeditor of Boing Boing Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too? Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his father's physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family. Soon Ry is forced to defend himself by resurrecting a trio of imaginary childhood protectors: kindly Mr. Furrington, wise Jesus, and the bloodthirsty Scowler.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385743092
• ISBN13: 9780385743099
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher