What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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YA Fantasy/ Sci-Fi. Boy moves to countryside in house made from meteorite, house resembles a fort with metal grills on windows, they hit a dog with the car. His parents start acting strangely. Read 2013-2014. Spoilers ahead.
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When did you read it?Is the boy a teenager or a younger child?
I read it in 2013 or 2014.The child was something between 10 and 13 years old.
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How far into the book does he realize his parents can turn into werewolves? I removed this from the header as it sounds like a spoiler?
I added a few details to the header. Feel free to edit it.
Hello, Thank you for the edit.
The genre is fantasy / science-fiction, as the reading is for teens.
Regarding the werewolves, I`m not sure that were werewolves because the kid described them as "creatures like wolves" or "creatures resembling wolves" so my mind goes to werewolves.
But he realizes his parents turn into those creatures somewhere in the middle of the book.
Thanks for helping with editing the header/ topic title.
I just wanted to add the detail you suggested but i receive this message: "The page you requested doesn't exist. Please check the url again, or visit the home page."
Can you add what is missing?
Thank you.
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Hello,It is a way to attract more people to this tread ( viewers) in means to resolve this post?
I don't want to double post or spam with multiple threads (is not ok) or maybe can you recommend other sites or threads ?
Thank you.
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I'd suggest posting your request in other Goodreads Groups that specialize in YA Fantasy or Science Fiction. Here's a list of popular groups: https://www.goodreads.com/group/popular
Was this part of a series?Time period story takes place?
Anything about the cover?
Anything about the boy's siblings, friends, classmates, etc?
It looks like this has been solved in another thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...The book was Coșmar de închiriat by Serge Brussolo
Iulian wrote: "I don't want to double post or spam with multiple threads (is not ok) or maybe can you recommend other sites or threads ?Thank you."
Here's some other sites you can try.
BookSleuth on AbeBooks
https://community.abebooks.com/s/book...
Librarything Name That Book
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/...
Reddit What's That Book
https://old.reddit.com/r/whatsthatboo...
I've had success with all of them.
Glad this one is solved! Looks like it may have only been published in Romanian and French.
Spoilers ahead.
There was a young boy that moved in with his parents into a new home, in a rural area. They bought a house up a hill, that resembled a fort with stone walls and small windows. On the way, they hit a dog with the car, and the dog with the face torn up jumps at the window filling it with blood and scaring the boy.
As soon as they visited the neighborhood, they saw that they all had metal grills at their windows, and everyone kept telling them that they should leave and go back from where they came.
During the night, the boy saw a glowing light inside the house, and all the furniture was flowing.
Upon further inspection of the house, he found a room hidden behind a thick metal door that had claw markings on it. Inside there were items that indicated that children had taken shelter in that chamber.
As the days pass, he noticed that his parents are behaving weirdly and at one point they even run outside naked, like animals.
While exploring the areas near the house, the boy finds a strange totem and encounters other children that attack him on sight. Realizing that he’s not a threat to them, they tell him that his house used to be a fort, where the soldiers took refuge while attacking the natives. The house’s walls were made with a strange rock that fell from the sky and made the soldiers act strange and gave them supernatural powers. Also, all their wounds would heal up during the night and they could only be killed with silver.
During the night, his parents transform into wolf-like beings and the boy has to take shelter in the room he found earlier.
In the morning, they act as if nothing ever happened, not recalling any of the events from the night before.
The boy, with the help of his new friends, manages to set up a trap in which his parents get caught during the night and suffer gruesome wounds, but in the morning they are healed completely.
After being attacked by them, he eventually shoots them with silver bullets that he received from the other kids and kills them. At the end of the book, we see him injured, bedbound, and being taken care of by his grandmother, which is judging him for his actions. While tending to his wounds, she shoves a Bible in his mouth so he can bite on it.
Thank you.