Moonbog is a novel written by Rick Hautala. It was first published in 1982.
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The evil glow of the moon lit the path as 12-year-old Billy Wilson walked past the bog. He knew he shouldn't have gone near the inky shadows of the swamp -- but something forced him to come closer to the yawning darkness, the suffocating tangle, the flesh-tearing brambles of Holland Bog. The murky depths of the bog sucked the boy into its fetid earth and claimed its human sacrifice. But one child wasn't enough...