Children’s Novel About Golem Creature and Headache Girl

[gretarwyn]

Ok I’ve been looking for this book for AGES. I read it when I was younger probably around 2012-2014 era, and I’m pretty sure it was a pretty new children’s novel back then.

I don’t quite remember the plot, but I remember som key details. The cover was mostly red with I think a black silhouette running or something on the cover. I know covers of course can change so I don’t know how helpful that will be.

The main character was a young girl who I think lived with her stepdad? It was set in the future in this really clean city where the dumpsters were all clear plastic and everything was very clean. I specifically remember the car horns we advertisements because her stepdad hit the horn in traffic and an ad would play (like a radio commercial coming out of the cars horn, every car was like this it was something futuristic I guess). This girl got really bad headaches all the time I remember, and here is the big part: she was being followed by some creature. This creature wasn’t harmful and it was almost like a human, but I’m pretty sure it was a golem which needed a slip of paper in its mouth to be able to come to life.

Unfortunately that’s all I remember, but I want to find this book again so badly! Thank you!