beasties

__The Beasties__, by William Sleator ISBN: 0-525-45598-1 c1997 198 pages R.L. 4.8

-page 9...where Al is telling them to stay away from “them” -page 25...when Colette finds the door in the earth
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Doug and Colette’s father, who is a scientist, moves the family to a deserted place in the woods where he can study a certain fungus that happens to be growing there. Doug and Colette are warned by a friend before they leave to stay away from “them” (who they find out are The Beasties). Doug and Colette are out in the woods one day when they find a door in the ground. They discover it is some sort of underground tunnel...and also discover THE BEASTIES! Colette befriends them quickly, while Doug is more reluctant to do so. If he doesn’t do what they say, his time on earth may be cut short, and even Colette isn’t going to help him because she like The Beasties!
 * Summary:**

YA Fiction--fantasy, brothers and sisters, wilderness areas, human ecology, ecology
 * ©Steele-WDMS**