Monster Movie!
by Chuck Wendig (Author)
In this hair-raising and hilarious novel by New York Times bestselling author Chuck Wendig, a boy must face his many fears to save his town from a cursed videotape--before "The Scariest Movie Ever Made" devours his friends and family.
Ethan Pitowski is afraid of everything. Luckily, his best friends don't mind, and when their entire class gets invited to watch a long-buried horror movie at the most popular boy in school's house, Ethan's friends encourage him to join in the fun. But when the "scariest movie ever made" reveals itself to be not just a movie about a monster, but a movie that is a monster, only a terrified Ethan escapes its clutches. Now he must find a way to stop the monster and save his friends (and also, um, get their heads back).
With his signature balance of kid-friendly horror and humor, Chuck Wendig crafts a spookily heartfelt novel about anxiety, friendship, and finding your unique voice and inner strength.
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Publishers Weekly
When 12-year-old Ethan feels overwhelmed by his anxiety, his best friends--devil-may-care goofball Harley and confident, pragmatic Olivia--help him overcome his fears. Such is the case when they convince him to attend a classmate's viewing party of Demons of Death 4: Death Fingers, an urban legend-inspired horror film that's "supposed to be the scariest movie ever made." Though Ethan arrives late, he's just in time to watch the television transform into a cyclopean creature that devours people's heads while leaving them alive yet unresponsive. Now Ethan must find a way to confront his own fears without Harley and Olivia if he hopes to rescue his friends and save the world from an unstoppable menace, along the way discovering the secrets behind the film and its monster. In this gleefully off-kilter ode to late-night B movies and classic kids' horror tales like Goosebumps, Wendig (Dust & Grim) skillfully tempers terrifying events with a tint of absurdity, playing them against Ethan's all-too-relatable worries. It's a fast-paced and intense adventure that never loses sight of its human elements. Ethan and Harley are white; Olivia is Black. Ages 8-12. Agent: Stacia Decker, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary. (Sept.)
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ALA/Booklist
Recommended for the Goosebumps crowd and fans of classic horror.
Kirkus
A bit message-heavy, but top of the class when it comes to frights.
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
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