YA Staff Pick of the Week: Creature of the Night

This week's book pick is Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson.

Bobby can't believe his mom is trying to drag him out to the country. She wants to get him away from Dublin and all the trouble he's gotten into there, but Bobby knows he'll be going back the moment he can. But when his getaway car gets smashed up and he has to work on his landlord's farm to pay for the damage, Bobby finds himself stuck. He tells himself he's not afraid of the strange stories surrounding the old house he's living in with his family. He doesn't believe his little brother's stories about the strange presence he sees in the night. Yet as Bobby discovers more about the house and its previous inhabitant (who disappeared without a trace), he begins to wonder if the presence is real, and it if wants to get rid of his family as well.