The Dogs [Paperback]

<p><em>Out of the corner of my eye, I catch something moving by the barn.</em></p><p><em>When I look, it disappears. Wait. There it is again, at the cornfield. </em></p><p><em>Some movement, some thing. </em></p><p>Mom and I have been on the run for years. Every time he catches up with us, we move to a new place and start over. </p><p>But this place is different. </p><p>This place is full of secrets. And they won't leave me alone.</p><p>"Brilliant, page-turning, and eerie. Had me guessing to the very end." -Joseph Delaney, author of The Last Apprentice series</p><p>"It's about ghosts and terrifying danger and going mad all at once. I didn't know what was real and what was imagined until the very last page. I loved it!" -Melvin Burgess, Carnegie Medal and Guardian Prize winning author of <em>Smack </em></p><p>Allan Stratton is an acclaimed internationally published playwright and author. His awards include a Michael L. Printz Honor award, multiple ALA picks, and the Independent Publisher Book Award.</p><p><strong>1</strong></p><p>It's ten p.m. Mom's at the living room window staring at the car across the street. She's been there for an hour. Our lights are out so no one can see her.</p><p>I'm downstairs in the rec room playing Zombie Attack. No sound. I don't want Mom to know, although I'm pretty sure she guesses. The longer we're quiet in the dark, the creepier it gets.</p><p>Mom's imagining things.</p><p>But what if she isn't? I focus on the zombies. More silence.</p><p>"It's probably nothing," I call up.</p><p>"Shh. Keep it down."</p><p>"I'm in the basement, Mom. You think someone outside can hear me?"</p><p>"Stop it, Cameron. Turn off that game and go to bed."</p><p>"Aw, Mlc®