The Monstrumologist (44 page)
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Authors: Rick Yancey
Tags: #Northeast, #Travel, #Fiction, #Ghost Stories (Young Adult), #Other, #Supernatural, #Scientists, #Monsters, #Horror tales, #Apprentices, #Diary fiction, #Horror, #Horror & Ghost Stories, #Orphans, #Michael L. Printz honor book, #First person narratives, #New England - History - 19th century, #Juvenile Fiction, #Business; Careers; Occupations, #Fantasy & Magic, #United States, #Diary novels, #People & Places, #Action & Adventure - General, #Legends; Myths; Fables, #Orphans & Foster Homes, #Family, #Action & Adventure, #Fantasy fiction, #Science Fiction; Fantasy; Magic, #General, #Horror stories, #Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12), #New England, #Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
Get real,
I told myself, trying to laugh it off, and that brought to mind something else Will Henry had written. The words followed me as I beat a hasty retreat to the car
and, beyond that, to my modern life in a world where room for monsters shrinks by the hour.
Yes, my dear child, monsters
are
real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement.