![]() ![]() If the ending is disappointingly abrupt, the suspense builds adequately, and the telling is simple enough to allow slower readers to enjoy the story without feeling they are reading something babyish. Gavin's instinct is right, and he's soon being pursued across the park by demonic children who never want him to leave. ![]() ![]() They ask him to join in their game, and he agrees, though he begins to feel he is the game. One evening, a group of sylphlike children appear. The owner of a metal detector, he visits playgrounds at night in search of valuables. A lonely boy, Gavin, who appears to be a young teen, has an unusual hobby. (his graphic novel The Arrival received a starred review in Booklist), tries his hand at illustrated fiction in this entry in the Shade Books series, which is aimed at kids with reading difficulties. Australian artist Tan, whose weighty, fantastical picture books for older readers have been gradually filtering into the U.S. ![]()
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