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1) Monster Camp
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language
English
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Description
When eleven-year-old Sylvie joins a monster LARPing (a.k.a. live action role-play) summer camp, she finds herself in the performance of her life after realizing that she is the only human among real monsters.
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Series
Last kids on Earth volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
During the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse, Jack and his buddies prepare for a monstrous Christmas celebration, but a supervillainess steals Jack's prized monster-slaying weapon, his Louisville Slicer, and he vows to get it back.
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Series
Beasts of prey volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Indentured to the notorious Night Zoo, Koffi cares for its fearsome and magical creatures to pay off her family's debts and secure their eventual freedom. When her family's safety is threatened by the Zoo's cruel master, Koffi unleashes a power she doesn't fully understand-- and the consequences are dire. As the second son of a decorated hero, Ekon is all but destined to become a Son of the Six-- an elite warrior-- and uphold a family legacy. On the...
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English
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Can you net the Loch Ness Monster? New evidence keeps coming in. A grainy photo appears to show Scotland's famous Loch Ness Monster. A blurry video seems to show a smiliar beast in Lake Champlain in New York State. A report from Africa mentions another mysterious lake monster. Does this evidence prove that these legendary lake monsters are real? It's up to YOU to follow the clues and find out! With dozens of possible choices, which path will YOU CHOOSE...
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English
Description
The fifteen pieces in this collection are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart. In “The Dead Thing,” a middle-schooler struggles to deal with the aftermath of her parents’ substance addictions and split. One day, her little brother claims he found a shoebox with “the dead thing” inside. In “The Last Conversation,” a person wakes in a sterile, white room and begins to receive...
8) Dust & Grim
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Molly doesn't know how she got the short end of the stick -- being raised by her neglectful father -- while Dustin, the older brother she's never met, got their mother and the keys to the family estate. But now the siblings are both orphaned, she's come home for her inheritance, and if Dustin won't welcome her into the family business, then she'll happily take her half in cash. There's just one problem: the family business is a...
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Series
Scarlett and Browne volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Scarlett McCain is a shoot-first ask-questions-later kind of outlaw. She scrapes by on bank heists, her wits - and never looking back. She's on the run from her latest crime when she comes across Albert Browne. He is the sole survivor of a horrific accident, and against her better judgment, Scarlett agrees to guide him to safety. This is a mistake. Soon there are men with dogs and guns and explosives hot on their heels. Scarlett's used to being...
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Series
Monster and me (Cort Lane) volume 1
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's the day before Freddy's eighth birthday, and he's so excited that he's old enough to go to town for the first time! However, his brother's holographic disguise goes awry, forcing them to run away before the townsfolk realize that F.M. is a big, hulking monster. On their way home, they run into a strange tiger unlike any they've seen before. Freddy zooms away from it, as he's scared of fantastical creatures that weren't created by science, like...
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Series
Scarlett and Browne volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Albert and Scarlett are a formidable pair. With his ability to read minds and her way with a weapon, no bank can keep them out and no jail can keep them in. But their notoriety may have spread a bit too far. Now old enemies from Scarlett's past and a sinister new threat from Albert's world are boxing them in--and holding their friends hostage. To win their freedom, the outlaws Scarlett and Browne are charged with pulling off an impossible mission....
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English
Description
For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor's ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a...
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Series
Monster and me (Cort Lane) volume 3
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Freddy von Frankenstein along with his monster big brother, F.M. and his adopted were-cat sister, Riya, explore the supernatural mountain they call home and discover all the fantastical creatures living there.
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Series
Lot Lands volume 3
Language
English
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Description
The Hispartan armies on the horizon are bolstered by divine champions, dread sorcerers, and gunpowder. Oats has won impossible battles before. He is more orc than man, and he will stack the bodies high for his chief and his brethren, if that's the price of freeing the Lots from human tyranny. But he soon begins to fear that this war will lead the Lots not to freedom but to ruin. When another path to peace beckons, it will mean betting the Lots' fate,...
16) Frankenslime
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Victoria and her assistant, her dog Igor, set out to make amazing slime, but one night their creation unexpectedly comes to life.
A young slime scientist is surprised when her latest creation comes to life in this funny and clever picture book twist on Frankenstein.
17) Scarewaves
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
The small town of Beacon Point has always been plagued by eerie local phenomena. It's a town where disappearances are common, strange creatures have been sighted with unnerving frequency, and a ghastly secret lurks in the woods. The adults in town are oblivious to these strange occurrences. Others prefer not to talk or even think about them. But over the course of several terrifying nights, a group of kids will come face to face with the horrors hiding...
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Octavia grew up believing the town of Vittoria was the only one left in the world. The sole survivors of a deadly magical war and plague, the people of Vittoria know there's no one alive outside the town walls--except the terrible monsters that prowl the forest. But then the impossible happens: Octavia meets another girl beyond the walls, someone who isn't Vittorian. Everything she's ever believed is thrown into question, and there's...
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Series
[Rayleigh Mann] volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Enter the world of Below London, the magical home of monsters, where causing a ruckus is the best thing you can do. Notorious troublemaker Rayleigh Mann has just discovered he's the son of the infamous Bogey Mann. There's just one problem: Bogey is missing and Rayleigh is the only one who can find him. But to do so, Rayleigh must travel to Bogey's world...Below London, where Rayleigh's penchant for tricks just might help him survive an adventure...
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Series
Strangeville School volume 1
Language
English
Description
Harvey Hill's first day at Strangeville Middle School doesn't go quite as expected when he discovers it's full of various creatures and odd happenings, including a particularly nefarious supply closet--
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