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Deadman's Castle

by Iain Lawrence
Christopher Gebauer
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I told myself it was impossible that the Lizard Man was there. He had never found us on the first day. Twice my father had heard him prowling around a new house in the first week. And in the first month ... Well, that had happened more times than I wanted to think about.
Ever since he was five years old and his father witnessed a terrible crime, Igor and his family have been on the run from the Lizard Man, a foreboding figure bent on revenge. They've lived in so many places, with so many identities, that Igor
can't even remember his real name.
But now he is twelve and longing for a normal life. When the people his dad calls the Protectors find his family yet another new place to live, Igor's dad sets down the rules establishing how far Igor can go in any direction and where he
can't go at all. Boxed into the smallest area he has ever been allowed to explore on his own, Igor rebels. Much to his surprise, he's allowed to start school, and for the first time since kindergarten he begins to make friends.
As the months go by, Igor begins to wonder if the Lizard Man exists only in his father's frightened mind. No one but his dad has ever seen him. But then Igor's little sister tells him she thinks she saw the Lizard Man lurking around the house,
and Igor realizes that even if the Lizard Man is real, he would risk everything rather than abandon his friends and go back on the run.

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    March 2, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781705011591
      • File size: 176463 KB
      • Duration: 06:07:37

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 25, 2021
      A family perpetually flees from a man with a lizard tattoo in this intriguing middle grade mystery. Six years prior to this book’s start, Igor Watson’s father “saw someone do a terrible thing”; ever since, the family has been on the run, changing towns and identities, and reporting to a witness protection agency, the Protectors, each time an ambiguous character known only as the Lizard Man tracks them down. Now 12, Igor—his most recent alias—persuades his parents that he should attend school. Slowly settling in, making friends, and experiencing bullying, Igor realizes just how restrictive his family’s rules are: always be home before dark, keep the curtains closed, lie about the family’s background. As Igor’s cover story starts to slip and he feels an odd sense of familiarity in his “new” town, he must decide just how far to trust his friends, even as he questions his father’s stability and the Lizard Man’s very existence. Against a suspenseful backdrop, Lawrence (The Skeleton Tree) pits Igor’s longing for normalcy against the precautions he takes to keep his family safe, creating a rapidly moving story with an interesting emotional arc. Ages 9–12. Agent: Jane Jordan Browne, Browne & Miller Literary.

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