Nightmares!

ISBN: 0385744269

Author: Segel, Jason

Condition: New

"Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller."-Publishers WeeklyThe hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.Charlie Laird has several problems.1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.2. He had to move into her purple mansion-the creepiest place in Cypress Creek.3. He cant remember the last time sleeping wasnt a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.What Charlie doesnt know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good nights sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world . . . well, thats something only Charlie can face. And hes going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird.For good.Praise for the Nightmares! Series:Nightmares! (Bk 1) is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee"Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and...readers will want to accompany him again."-The New York Times Book Review"A touching comical saga...about facing things that go bump in the night."-US Weekly"Comical antics, cartoonish spot illustrations, and creepy villains make for quite an entertaining read."-Booklist"Succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure . . . Sweet, charming, and imaginative."-Kirkus Reviews"An engaging and creative story...woven with a generous amount [of] humor."-VOYA"There's humor and a fairly high ick-factor."-School Library Journal"Cleverly crafted...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'"-ILA Literacy Daily