Let the Right One In

by John Ajvide Lindqvist

I never wanted to kill. I am not naturally evil Such things I do just to make myself more attractive to you Have I failed?

He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They could give a number of reasons for why they had to torment him; he was too fat, too ugly, too disgusting. But the real problem was simply that he existed, and every reminder of his existence was a crime.

This book is about vampires, but bullies are the REAL monsters.