The Monster Who Wasn't
Description
Everybody knows fairies are born from a baby's first laugh, but what is less well known is that monsters are born from a person's last sigh. The Imp Child is born from a mixture of both, and so, to the disgust of other monsters, he looks just like a human boy. (Though admittedly most humans can't scale sheer walls at will, or hear the heartbeat of a squirrel miles away). He's a child with feet in both worlds, and he doesn't know where he fits: the grumpy gargoyles who adopt him only want him so that he can steal chocolate for them from the nearby shops. All the Imp Child wants is a place that feels like home, and a name all his own. But Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a very different destiny in mind for the Imp Child, and he's searching high and low for him.