The boy who killed demons
Subtitle: a novel
By: Dave Zeltserman
Publisher: Duckworth Overlook Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780715649893; 9781468311686
Subjects: Teenage boys; Demonology; Fiction
Description: The setting is quiet Newton, Massachussetts, where nothing ever happens. Nothing, that is, until two months after Henry Dudlow's 13th birthday, when his neighbor, Mr. Hanley, suddenly starts to look ... different. While everyone else sees a balding man with a beer belly, Henry suddenly sees a nasty, bilious, rage-filled demon. Once Henry catches onto the real Mr. Hanley, he starts to see demons all around him, and his boring, adolescent life is transformed. There's no more time for friends or sports or the lovely Sally Freeman-instead Henry must work his way through ancient texts and hunt down the demons before they steal any more innocent children. And if hunting demons is hard at any age, it's borderline impossible when your parents are on your case, and your grades are getting worse, and you can't tell anyone about your chosen mission.