The Frightful Ride of Michael McMichael

by Bonny Becker (Author) Mark Fearing (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Bonny Becker and Mark Fearing join forces for a deliciously spooky story -- with a twist ending that'll leave readers hungry for more. When the Thirteen bus pulls up one dreary, stormy evening, something about it doesn't seem quite right. The driver grins down with a mouthful of long, white teeth, and there's barely any room to sit, but Michael McMichael is bringing his gran something very dear, so he gets on board despite his misgivings. But as they travel on and the rest of the passengers get off, Michael realizes there's nothing normal about this bus -- and the driver is getting creepier by the minute. Best-selling author Bonny Becker's cleverly rhyming text will chill and thrill readers alongside Mark Fearing's wonderfully funny illustrations, making this book perfect for Halloween story times -- and lovers of things that go bump in the night.
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Dark and delightful—for readers who enjoy chills with their giggles. 

Review quotes

A young boy takes a terrifying bus ride on his way to his grandmother's house in Becker and Fearing's gleefully baleful picture book...Michael McMichael's creative and disconcerting solution to free himself from the bus will leave readers with a whole new set of frissons. Dark and delightful—for readers who enjoy chills with their giggles.
—Kirkus Reviews

This hilarious, spooky story has all the right components kids will love, making The Frightful Ride of Michael McMichael a book kids will want to hear again and again.
—Kendal Rautzhan's "Books to Borrow"
Bonny Becker
Bonny Becker is the author of three books about Bear and Mouse as well as a number of other award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels. She lives in Seattle.

Kady MacDonald Denton is the illustrator of all three Bear and Mouse stories as well as TWO HOMES by Claire Masurel. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763681500
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
July 10, 2018
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV017030 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Halloween
JUV067000 - Juvenile Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense
Library of Congress categories
Bus drivers
Picture books
Buses
Stories in rhyme
Boys
Fear
Fear in children

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