The Doom Stone - Zone Unknown, Bk 2 Author:Paul Zindel It's not human -- and it's after him! Jackson is always eager to visit his aunt Sarah at her anthropological digs. This time she's in England, at Stonehenge, and Jackson's particularly excited to see massive and mysterious stone formations in person. But then he sees a young man viciously attacked and witnesses a similar savage a... more »ttack on his beloved aunt Sarah.
A beast no one has ever seen before is on the prowl. Jackson must rush to stop the beast before it can kill again and to save his aunt from a debilitating mind-meld with the creature. This leads him to Stonehenge, where he and his new friend, Alma, the gravedigger's daughter, risk their lives to solve the mystery of the inhuman monster that is stalking the countryside -- before it's too late.« less
This was an okay book, it as thrilling, but it gave me nightmares. (Then again, I had nightmares from reading the Big Friendly Giant, also known as the BFG.) It was scary, gory, but not tooooo gory, not a good read aloud book for younger children, obviously, bu t maybe for Junior High kids.