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"We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead. One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until it starts killing. Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He'll be a hero. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. He'll kill as many people as he needs to so he can save the day. That's the thing about...
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Gribaudo
Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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Hace algún tiempo, en un país cercano, vivía una señora monstruo. Era buena y amable, pero nadie se acercaba a ella porque tenía un problemilla... La pobre apestaba. Así que siempre andaba triste y sola. Hasta que un día algo cambió su vida. Presentamos una colección destinada a los primeros lectores, que utiliza una fuente de escritura creada especialmente para superar dificultades de lectura y problemas de dislexia. Historias breves y coloridas,...
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"From USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game Sally Thorne comes something a little unexpected... a historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein's sheltered younger sister, and her attempts to create the perfect man. 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...
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Ramón's friendly monster, El Cucuy, is hesitant to embrace the holiday cheer, but Ramón shows him the spirit of Christmas.
"Ramón is a little boy who can't wait for Navidad. El Cucuy is the friendly monster who lives in Ramón's bedroom. He's not so sure that Christmas is for him. The lights are too bright, and the snowman is scary! So if El Cucuy is hesitant to embrace the holiday cheer, then Ramón will have to bring the spirit of Navidad to...
6) Monster Camp
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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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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Beasts of prey volume 1
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Sixteen-year-old indentured beastkeeper Koffi and seventeen-year-old warrior candidate Ekon forge an unusual alliance and venture into the Greater Jungle to hunt down a monster that has been menacing their city for a century. Includes author's note.
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Transit Children's Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"There's a monster living in the attic. Not a loud monster but a quiet one. It's probably making a kid trap. Each night, it grows in the dark. Everyone knows monsters feed on darkness. This is Monster-Scared. With humor and charm, award-winning author Betina Birkjær and illustrator Zarah Juul show us how the things we can't see grow bigger and scarier, how the slightest sound or shadow can send shivers down our back, and how monsters are--perhaps--mostly...
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Monster and me (Cort Lane) volume 1
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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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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Picarona
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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Nadie había sido capaz de ahuyentar al monstruo que había ocupado el bosque. De nada habían servido los consejos del más sabio entre los sabios. La dama más bella del reino lo había probado con su belleza; el bufón, con sus juegos, y el rey le había ofrecido todo su oro sin resultado alguno. Incluso el arquero infalible había fallado. Y cuando todos estaban temblando, dando pequeños pasos, llegó alguien que... ¿Qué hay que hacer para...
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Picarona
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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"Sombras que habitan en el fondo del armario, vampiros que duermen en las criptas de viejos castillos, personas normales y corrientes que se transforman en hombres lobo cuando hay luna llena... Desde las profundidades de los mares hasta las cimas de las montañas más altas, el mundo está lleno de monstruos preparados para atacarnos. Para derrotarlos, debes conocerlos. Aunque parezcan invencibles, ¡incluso los más feroces tienen sus debilidades!...
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Terribles volume 1
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Told in alternating chapters, comics, poems, charts and activities, this spooktacular story introduces the monsters who have settled down on the quiet island of Creep's Cove, giving readers a peek into the lives of vampires, mummies, gelatinous balls of goo and more!
Vampires, mummies, and gelatinous balls of goo (oh my!). That's right, monsters are real and they've settled down on the quiet island of Creep's Cove. It's a pretty typical place: houses,...
14) Jelly
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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After the sea levels rise and the world ends, Martha and other survivors are stuck on a giant killer jellyfish, drifting off shore--if boredom does not kill them, maybe their escape attempts will.
15) Beasts of ruin
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Beasts of prey volume 2
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Now separated, sixteen-year-old indentured beastkeeper Koffi and seventeen-year-old warrior candidate Ekon will have to find their way back to each other as they face off against the god of death.
Koffi has saved her city and the boy she loves, but at a terrible price. Now a servant to the cunning god of death, she must use her newfound power to further his continental conquest, or risk the safety of her home and loved ones. As she reluctantly learns...
16) Dust & Grim
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"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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Marius Grey stories volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Twelve-year-old Marius Grey has a job as a Cemetery Boy, looking after the ghosts in his family's graveyard, but he also hunts monsters and, along with his flesh-eating mermaid friend, must race against the clock to save the ghost of his dead mother.
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Buried and the bound volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Aziza El-Amin, the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts, teams up with a cursed boy looking for answers and a young necromancer in order to eradicate a new threat in the woods and take back her hometown.
20) Frankenslime
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Victoria and her assistant, her dog Igor, set out to make amazing slime, but one night their creation unexpectedly comes to life.
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