S'QUATCH: A Novel

Author:

Toombs, Emily C.

Area of Honors:

English

Degree:

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type:

Thesis

Thesis Supervisors:

William James Cobb, Thesis Supervisor
William James Cobb, Thesis Supervisor
Janet Wynne Lyon, Thesis Honors Advisor

Keywords:

creative thesis
novel
sasquatch

Abstract:

S’QUATCH is the story of Dori Thornton, a normal teenaged girl growing up in a small town in the foothills of the Cascades. When a local man strikes and kills a mysterious creature with his truck, a series of events is triggered that will change Dori’s normal life forever. Soon, Dori goes from thinking that her biggest concern is convincing the dreamy Logan Ford to ask her to the Prom, to finding herself inexplicably transforming into a skookum, or sasquatch. As her transformation progresses, she must come to terms with both the physical change and the consequences that come with it. Drawing upon themes of mythology, metamorphosis, and the search for self-identity, S’QUATCH is a coming of age story that questions the boundaries between humanity and monstrosity. S’QUATCH is intended as a Young Adult fiction novel, aimed primarily at upper-middle and high school readers. It is inspired, in part, by the author’s interest in mythology, her college career in English literature, her love of a good monster story, and the fond memories of her adventures in Young Adult fantasy as a young reader.