Nightmares! - Jason Segel

nCoraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor Jason] Segel and co-author Kirsten] Miller.--Publishers Weekly nThe 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. n nCharlie Laird has several problems. n n 1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch. n 2. He had to move into her purple mansion--the creepiest place in Cypress Creek. n 3. He can't remember the last time sleeping wasn't a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap. n n What Charlie doesn't know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night's sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world . . . well, that's something only Charlie can face. And he's going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. n n For good. n nPraise for the Nightmares Series: n nNightmares (Bk 1) is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee n nCharlie 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 n nA touching comical saga...about facing things that go bump in the night.--US Weekly n nComical antics, cartoonish spot illustrations, and creepy villains make for quite an entertaining read.--Booklist n nSucceeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure . . . Sweet, charming, and imaginative.--Kirkus Reviews n n An engaging and creative story...woven with a generous amount of] humor.--VOYA n nThere's humor and a fairly high ick-factor.--School Library Journal n nCleverly crafted...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'--ILA Literacy Dailyn