Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
But getting his old life back doesn't turn out to be so easy, and the longer he spends in the old cottage, the more convinced he becomes that something very strange is going on there.Kate Thompson is one of the most exciting authors writing for young people today. A born storyteller, her work is highly original and she is thought provoking in her ideas. She has travelled widely in the USA and India and studied law in London. After living in County Clare, she moved to Kinvara in County Galway and there, she discovered her passion for playing the fiddle. She is now an accomplished player and also has a great interest in restoring instruments.
Kate is the only author to win the Children's Books Ireland Bisto Book of the Year award four times - in 2002 for The Beguilers, in 2003 for The Alchemist's Apprentice, in 2004 for Annan Water and in 2006 for The New Policeman.
The New Policeman also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2005, the Whitbread Book Award Children's category 2005, the Children's Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards in March 2006 and has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
In 2008 Kate was again shortlisted for the Children's Books Ireland Bisto Award for her book, The Last of the High Kings, a beautiful and haunting story that delves deep into the magic of Irish myth and folklore.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781862303508 |
| ISBN 10 | 1862303509 |
| Title | Creature of the Night |
| Author | Kate Thompson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2009-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Winner of Bisto Honour Award / Gradam Feabhais Bisto 2009, Winner of Bisto Merit Award 2009, Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2009, Short-listed for Bisto Book of the Year Award 2009, Short-listed for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008 |
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