Don't Hide From the Night

Ellen Herbert

Jul 2025 · Fire & Ice Young Adult Books

About this ebook

Unopened birthday cards 18-year-old Preston discovers in his grandmother's closet send him across the Atlantic to London in search of a man he never met—his grandfather. More than anything, he needs to know if his grandfather shares his full moon nights, when thick coarse hair covers his body, when running on all fours feels natural, when the animal inside him emerges. 

He and his dad shared “this condition.” How Preston loved their moonlit nights running through the woods, but since Dad’s death, he has been alone and done things he should not, such as rescuing his graduate teaching assistant, Ms. Worth, which got him expelled from his university. 

Will he find his grandfather? And if he finds him, will his grandfather welcome him after all these years?

About the author

Ellen Herbert’s writing has won over ten awards including a PEN Fiction Prize. Her inspiration comes from those she loves. Her novel, The Last Government Girl, winner of a Best Novel Award from the Maryland Writers’ Association, borrows from her mother’s life as a young government worker during WWII. With a fiction grant from the state of Virginia, Ellen spent a glorious summer in London, where she began this novel inspired by her son as he struggled to come of age. Ultimately, she learned the truth of the poet Rumi’s words: if you want the moon, don’t hide from the night. 

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