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Lifelong Texan, love reading from many genres thanks to early childhood readalongs with my Dad, love cooking for my family, working in my yard, playing with my cats and since being diagnosed in late 2012 with RRMS finding ways to keep body and mind active is even more important.
Dog Days
Book InfoKindle Edition
Published by JournalStone (first published July 9th 2014)
ISBN 139781940161792
edition language English
other editions (3)
Source:Kindle version borrowed from Public Library
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a YA Novel.
It's the summer of 1983 and the suburbs of Houston are reeling from a disastrous hurricane. But the storm brought more than wind and floodwaters.
In the swamps that surround Clear Lake a brutal and possibly supernatural killer is gathering strength, and waiting for the full moon. The focus of his bloodlust is fourteen year old Mark Eckert. Reckless to a fault, with a knack for making spectacularly bad decisions, Mark had planned to spend that last summer before high school wandering the swamps with his friends and his beloved dog Max. But after a chance encounter with the lunatic, Mark's summer becomes a time of terror and tragedy.
With his life on the line, Mark's courage will be tested to his limits and beyond as he struggles to survive the hottest days of summer: the dog days.
My Thoughts
The target demographic of reader may be classified as YA but truthfully unless your reader has a fairly strong stomach some of this may be a little too graphically described, maybe best for those older teens onto adults who enjoy their horror with a bit of teen drama mixed in.
Mark is 14 so it is not far fetched that he makes decisions based more upon emotion than common sense, however in a couple of instances his luck far outweighed his ability to reign in his tendency to act before thinking it through.
I chose to read this book because of the Texas location but after finishing found myself by turns amazed and bemused that the aftermath of a devastating hurricane could be incorporated with this type of suspenseful coming of age story in a way that allowed one to take away the power of courage when fear could have held sway and caused a different outcome altogether.
An interesting look at a boys journey into young adulthood, one that not only Mark will never forget but neither will the reader who engages with this vividly descriptive turning point in time.
[Kindle version borrowed from Public Library]
