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Do the Creepy Thing | 
| Author: Graham Joyce
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 211278
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0571230350
EAN: 9780571230358
ASIN: 0571230350
Publication Date: July 6, 2006
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not creepy but uplifting May 15, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Although the title is the name of the game Caz plays - where she and her friend Lucy sneak into people's houses while they are sleeping and go nose-to-nose with them for fifteen seconds - it's not really about the game. And although there are creepy elements in the book, it's not really about them either.
At the beginning of the book, Caz is caught by an old lady when doing the Creepy Thing, and the old lady clamps a bracelet onto Caz's arm, which promptly disappears, leaving a glowing tattoo that Caz tries in vain to erase. But then Caz realises that the bracelet has given her empathy - she can see how people are feeling and their real reasons for behaving the way they do. It's also responsible for creating a spooky old woman who turns up now and then to scare Caz.
If she is to get rid of the bracelet mark, Caz has to change something about herself - and THAT is the real story here. It's about people learning how to be kinder; how to see beneath the surface, and as such is a lovely story about Caz and her development into a more compassionate person. Kindness doesn't have to mean weakness.
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