The Night Has Teeth
- Publisher
- Fierce Ink Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2012
- Category
- Paranormal, General, Science Fiction
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780988106703
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $16.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780988106710
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $11.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780988106727
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $7.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781927746165
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $7.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 14 to 18
- Grade: 9 to 12
Description
Seventeen-year-old Connor Lewis is chased by a memory. On his first day of kindergarten he bit a boy hard enough to scar the kid for life. Since then he’s been a social outcast at a New York private school. Through an unexpected turn of good fortune, he lands a scholarship to study in Paris, where everything starts to look up. On the first day he befriends two military brats, and he may finally get a taste of what it’s like to be a normal teenager. It doesn’t last. His host family — an alluring young tattoo artist and her moody, handsome boyfriend — inadvertently introduce him to the underworld of werewolves where there are two types: the born and the bitten. Those born to it take the form of elegant wolves, while the latter are cursed to transform into the half-man, half-beast creatures of horror movies. The bitten rarely survive. Unfortunately, Connor is on the wanted list of a four hundred-year-old bitten human who’s searching for both a cure and a means of wiping out werewolves for good. Connor’s loyalties are tested as he becomes embroiled in a conflict where werewolves, mad science and teen angst collide.
About the author
Kat Kruger is a freelance writer and social media consultant with a degree in public relations from Mount Saint Vincent University. Her first novel, The Night Has Teeth (The Magdeburg Trilogy, Book One) won the 34th Atlantic Writing Competition and was listed as a Best Book for Kids & Teens by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (Spring 2013). She splits her time between Toronto and Halifax with her husband.
Awards
- Winner, Atlantic Writing Competition
User Reviews
A book with bite
Loved this! I read this book after my son finished it so that we could participate in a parent-child bookclub meeting. Initially I read it out of obligation... but within a few pages I was hooked! I spent half of my time reading the words and half of my time trying to guess what twist might come next, and I was never quite right. The characters are well varied and developed to be real and not caricatures, and I've spent time wondering and worrying about what happens to them in the second book...I think this is a great book for YA who want action and adult storyline without the gore/violence and sexuality that other books of this genre have offered. The characters are strong willed nad independent, and follow a moral compass that provides good modelling without preaching.
Great book! Go read it!
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