Beast

By: Ally Kennen

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Paperback | 29 June 2006

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Beast is the chilling debut novel from Ally Kennen. Her writing will catch you unawares and never let you go. In the caged depths of an urban reservoir lives a monstrous creature. Its existence is unknown to anyone except the teenage boy who feeds it. Six years ago it was a vicious little baby, now it has grown enormous, and its rusting pen can't hold it much longer... Stephen has kept the Beast a secret against all the odds. He's used to keeping painful secrets - like why he never sees his mother, or mentions his brother Selby, and wishes his father was dead. Stephen's life in foster care, always bad, is getting worse, and he's not a boy who plays by the rules. But his extraordinary efforts to free himself of the Beast make him a hero that readers will never forget.

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Seventeen-year-old Stephen has problems. Once again he is about to be kicked out of a foster home. His homeless father shows up demanding money, and Stephen, an experienced thief, is arrested for arson. And oh, yes, the British teen also decides he must kill his "pet" crocodile. Once a cute birthday present from his dad, the monster has grown to over 12 feet long. Captive in an iron cage near the local reservoir's shore, the beast survives on the butchered goats and chickens Stephen drags to the pen. Visits to the croc's iron lair offer tense can't-take-your-eyes-from-impending-disaster moments. These encounters are the best scenes. Stephen's inner turmoil differs from other young adult literary characters because, not only is he angry and frustrated with life, but he also has access to a reptilian killing machine. Non-mainstream British slang (offy, a right knob, knackers) and several undeveloped subplots distract from the tale. On the other hand, dark humor, occasional toe-curling danger and Stephen's bizarre dilemma may keep the pages turning. (Fiction. YA) (Kirkus Reviews)

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