Creepers

by Keith Gray

Derwent Drive was known as the longest creep; twenty-five houses all in a row, no bends, no kinks. And no Creeper had ever done the lot. But Jamie and I reckoned we could do it. Jamie was the best Creeper around. And he was the best buddie you could have. Ever heard about "creeping" before? Probably not. Nobody really talks about it. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. It does. Creeping over back fences all the way down a street without getting caught, without being hurt. It happens more than you might think. It’s probably happening somewhere tonight.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Keith Gray grew up in and around Grimsby and Cleethorpes on the east coast of England and decided he'd better take his writing ambition seriously after achieving 0% in his accountancy exams. His debut, 'Creepers', was published when he was only 24 and was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize. Since then his books have either won or been shortlisted for awards all over the world including the Sankei Cultural Publishing Prize of Japan, the American Library Association Best Books (YA) and the Booktrust Teenage Prize. In the UK his bestselling novel 'Ostrich Boys' was shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Costa Children's Book Award and won the Scottish Children's Book Awards, and has been adapted for the stage. Keith has been a reviewer for both the Guardian and Scotsman newspapers. In 2017 he moved to live in Vienna, Austria, with his partner, their daughter and a parrot called Bellamy. Keith is a co-founder of Sunday Writers’ Club.

Reviews

[Hirosasazaki Sasazaki · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was OK. This book is displayed in Studio Ghibli museum.

[Sarah Forster · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a quick easy read for reading at school. It was funny and would have the approval for young boys who are struggling to read.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short but poignant story about friendship, courage and loss.

[Josh Calvo · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was mid

[Joshua · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is about a boy named Jamie. He is considered to be the best “Creeper” at his school, because he knew how to sneak around places, doing bad things, without getting caught. He was very fast and made noise what so ever. One day Jamie decided to ask someone to go creep with him, and so he asked a kid named Carl. Carl wasn’t the best “Creeper”, like Jamie, but he was alright. One day the decided to go creeping on Derwent Drive. When they were halfway done with creeping on Derwent Drive something terrible happened, Jamie was taken by the police. Carl was so scared and didn't know what to do. But he knew that he must get his friend back. This type of story made me wonder what would this be like in the real world because, in the book some things are not so realistic, so if they were to happen in real life I wonder would would happen and how things would turn out. If you like a stories that are crazy and kinda wacky than this would be a good book for you. At some points this books is some type of thriller so you might enjoy it if you are into thrillers.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

ok wow this book is so much moor then i thou it wold be i really liked it wish there was moor to it thou o well looking for another book! READ IT READ THE BOOK!!!!!!!!

[Nella · Rating 3 out of 5]

I couldn't really engage with the plot - creeping sounds weird to me but the characterisation was great. Think many 13-14 year old boys would enjoy it.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for the stereotypical group of teen boys who "don't read". Original concept, tension, great characters and a big hanging question at the end. Also niceand short.

[Pippa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed it, but wasn't strongly wowed by it.

But I'm not a kid, so I don't know if I should even be rating it!