Why the Monster

This was a very well written and extremely enthralling book from beginning to end.  It would make a wonderful movie that I am sure would draw a large appreciative audience. 

"Why the Monster" is a full of imagination and magic.  It is a story of an Inuit boy, an Inhabitant, named Huug.  He lives in a remote village and is a misfit there.  He is bullied constantly and even his parents seem to treat him as an outcast.  He takes up thievery as a diversion but still is plagued by the fact that he is unwanted and deemed a loser.

One day after an extreme bullying encounter he takes off into the Arctic wilderness and finds himself alone and lost with his beloved dog, Qipik as his ownly companion.  It is there in that barren wasteland that his life totally changes forever.  

He stumbles across a curious egg which breaks open and his dog gobbles it up before she can be stopped. Three strange alien creatures appear and demand he return the egg to them. On his refusal they strip him of his visual identity, his Inhabitant form, and turn him into a monstrous half-human creature. 

His world turns upside down and completely inside out. Huug goes on a dangerous quest to find out why these "Its"  did this to him and how he can return to being himself once again.  He gets deeply immersed in a supernatural world of evil, mystical powers, and strange creatures that want to take him out.  Huug has to battle for his very life and hopefully find a pathway back home to save his village from the dark evil that has overtaken and sucked the life (literally) out of its populace for so long. 

I highly recommend this book.  It is targeted for a teen/ young adult market but I am positive that adults will love it too.

This book drew me in from page one. It follows Huug, a misfit who is bullied so much that he runs away from home. Soon he find himself lost. After an encounter with a strange egg, he finds himself turned into a creature. He sets out to change himself back to a human. All the while, battling evil forces in a weird supernatural world. 

It's a quick read and I recommend it even for adults.

Creative and engaging, Why the Monster grabbed my attention right away.  The book is written in an enjoyable way that draws on the mythology it presents.  As I read, my interest did not slacken, all the way to the book's conclusion.

I would gladly add this book to my shelf and would share it would a wide range of readers, young and old.  There is enough symbolism, interest, and complexity here to work in a variety of ways.