The Beasties essays

The Beasties essays William Sleater, Author, writes a chilling science fiction tale about a brother and sister, Doug, 14, and Colette, 10. Doug and Colette get themselves into a thrilling adventure involving friendship, suspense, and horror. Dougs family is forced to move to a mysterious forest so that his father can pursue his studies as a Botanist. Dougs crazy friend Al has warned him about disgusting creatures called Beasties that live in underground tunnels behind old houses in the woods. The Beasties are ugly creatures with stitched body parts, sharp teeth, missing limbs, white hair and very skinny. On their first full day they discover a trapdoor and go in. In the trap door they discover these tunnels filled with the Beasties. A Beastie named fingers catches them. Fingers, makes a deal with Doug and Colette that they must come back at night or never be safe again. That night Colette goes to the tunnels but Doug stays home because he thinks something bad will happen to him if he goes back to the tunnel. The next day, Colette comes back very weird and is mad at Doug for not going with her. The next night Colette goes back to the tunnels, but Doug lies in bed and gets caught by a Beastie and carried to the tunnels. Doug is now left to side with the Beasties against the humans, or die. What waits Doug and his family....well, youll just have to read it. I can relate to Doug and Colettes feelings about their family moving to the forest from the city. Doug and Colette are uncomfortable in their new home. Whenever my parents talk about moving to another state, I get very uncomfortable about leaving my friends and my surroundings. I am sure that it must be a difficult transition for anyone. I enjoyed the details of certain parts in the book, even though some were gruesome. The author did a great job describing the creatures since they are very complicated beings and only a great ...