Title: Alex Finch: Monster Hunter
Series: The Monster Files #1
Author: Cate Dean
Genre: YA, urban fantasy
Publication date: September 2013
Published by: Pentam Press
Source: Amazon Freebie
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Synopsis:
Meet Alex Finch - tomboy, techno geek, monster hunter.
Reluctant monster hunter.
A school project, an absentminded project partner, and a misplaced backpack all change 16-year-old Alex Finch's life forever.
In a single afternoon Alex finds the missing backpack, has a run-in with Sam, the boy she's had a crush on since first grade - and discovers that monsters are real.
That mind-blowing incident throws her life in a completely different direction, uncovering secrets that cost her more than she could ever imagine. And the further she digs, the darker and more dangerous the secrets become.
What else is hiding behind the ordinary facade of her California beach town?
Alex is about to find out.
"The monster’s out of the closet, and we have to shove it back in and lock the door."
All because of a lost backpack...