The Creep

by Susan Dodson

Book Overview

After saving a young child from a molester, a 16-year-old girl volunteers to help the police catch the man. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590075993
• ISBN13: 9780590075992
• Release Date: March 1979
• Publisher: Four Winds
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.

Customer Reviews

It's a well-written young adult suspense book

"The Creep" is what fifteen-going-on-sixteen Brina calls the child molester who has been attacking little girls. This book has a concept that is improbable in real life, but works convincingly enough in this book: Brina looks younger than her sixteen years, so she volunteers to go undercover to help the police catch The Creep. Yes, the police accept her offer and she goes through training before the sting is put into effect. Aside from the thriller aspect of this book, there is the theme of growing up. Brina learns a lot about herself and matures significantly through the book. At the beginning, she is afraid of new experiences, trying to desperately cling to the familiar, but by the end of the book she is more independent and self-assured. This book was well-researched concerning police procedures and had excellent characterizations. The climax was a little unbelieveable, but overall this book was very satisfying. It even had a touch of romance.