Author(s): David Almond

Middle Grade

Michael was looking forward to moving house. It was all going to be wonderful.But now his baby sister's ill, his parents aer frantic and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage...

What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is Min. Together, they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever...