First edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author, "For

First edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author, "For Barbie, who's breath inspired this---Ot". First edition, first printing. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket with a few minor touches of wear. Hardcover. 179 pp. A scary young adult novel. The horror begins when Martin Craven breaks out in a blistering rash when his skin is exposed to light. Nora is filled with foreboding when see sees the dead gulls and Martin's cat skulking with its prey. She alone glimpses the terrible meaning when her brother Tony comes down with the same symptoms; one child after another is transformed by the same sickness.