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Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister. When he opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guesses that he is about to take a... read more

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Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister. When he opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guesses that he is about to take a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister. When he opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guesses that he is about to take a terrifying journey into darkness. Hungry demons and howling werewolves haunt his waking nightmares... and threaten his life.

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  • “Now sod off back to your own world, you motherless scum, and save your threats for those who care.”
    Grubbs Grady
  • “Stick it up your crack, you warped son of a mutant b*tch!”
    Grubbs Grady
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Carcery Vale: A small village where Dervish and Bill-E live. Grubbs moves here to live with his uncle.

Organizations edit see section history

  • Demonata: Demons of the underworld who live on the fringe between hell and earth

First Sentence edit see section history

Double history on a Wednesday afternoon - total nightmare!

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Rat Guts
2. Demons
3. Dervish
4. The Grand Tour
5. Portraits
6. Spleen
7. Carnage in the Forest
8. A Theory
9. The Cellar
10. The Longest Day
11. Arooooo!
12. Family Ties
13. The Curse
14. The Challenge
15. The Choice
16. The Summoning
17. The Battle
18. A Change of Plan
19. Spiral to the Heart of Nowhere
20. The Change

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 10 in The Demonata. (standard series)

Followed by Demon Thief.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Darren Shan (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0316114995
Page Count: 264

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Gory. Very gory.

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