"I am here master, command me” reads the back cover of this spooky book – a perfect book to get in the spirit for Halloween! Enter Stephen, a new kid in town. Stephen is a loner and there are lots of rumors about his background and family. He meets and befriends Davie, a good Catholic boy whose weekly confessions are stealing cigarettes from his father and alter wine from the church. All that changes when he gets to know Stephen better and learns of Stephen’s powers. Together, they create a clay monster that they bring to life. Is the monster responsible for the death of a neighborhood bully? If so, then surely Davie and Stephen are guilty too. More questions are asked than answered in this powerful, eerie book.

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