SOLVED. YA Realistic Fiction (possibly soft Sci-Fi) about boy locked away by a cult, written phonetically from POV of young boy. [s]

[Jack]

I have only read a preview of this novel online and so don't know much of the plot beyond the basic setup and genre. Any help is very much appreciated because it's driving me crazy!

The prose was written phonetically, from the POV of a very young boy who I am pretty sure had been locked away indoors for his whole life. It was quite hard to read but also very engaging because of this phonetic style. (Like this: i lyk the luk of thu sun cumming in thru thu windo.)

The first scene is the boy waking up in his room which is very bare and someone (I think a woman) picking him up and carrying him and there is mention of blood.

I think the crux of the story was that this boy belonged to some sort of religious cult.

I believe it was a bestseller or quite popular so hopefully someone will know.

Been driving me crazy so any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Rainbowheart]

Woolvs in the Sitee?

[Sue]

This sounds as though it could be the same book that someone was looking for on the SFF Chronicles, which turned out to be The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean.

[Jack]

Sue wrote: "This sounds as though it could be the same book that someone was looking for on the SFF Chronicles, which turned out to be The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean.
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Thanks Sue, that was me as well haha. Covering all bases so to speak.

[Sue]

I did think it was a bit of a coincidence! At least now it’s been solved for anyone on Goodreads who wants to know.