“
Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.” —Publishers Weekly, on book one in the series
Stay up late with the hilariously frightening middle-grade novel Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic. If you snooze, you lose! Charlie Laird has a dream life.
1) He has a weirdo stepmom who runs an herbarium.
2) He lives in a purple mansion with a portal to the Netherworld.
3) Since they escaped from the Netherworld, he and his best friends have been sleeping like babies.
But Charlie can’t shake the feeling that something strange is afoot. Charlotte’s herbarium used to be one of the busiest stores in Cypress Creek. Now her loyal following is heading to Orville Falls for their herbal potions. Weirder, though, Orville Falls is suddenly filled with . . .
zombies? At least, they sure
look like the walking dead. Rumor has it that no one’s sleeping in Orville Falls. And Charlie knows what that means. Things are getting freaky again.
Praise for the Nightmares! series “Charlie 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 “
A touching comical saga . . . about facing things that go bump in the night.” —
US Weekly
“[
Nightmares!] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure. . . . [It’s]
sweet, charming, and imaginative.” —
Kirkus Reviews
On sale: September 13, 2016
Age: 8-12 years
Grade: Grades 3-7
Page count: 384 Pages
ISBN: 9780385744287
Reading level: Lexile: 700L | Fountas/Pinnell: U
Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he’s learned that the things we’re most afraid of are the things that can make us strong . . . if we’re brave enough to face them. Jason likes acting, writing, making music, and hanging out with his friends. Sometimes he writes movies. Sometimes he writes songs for movies. Sometimes he stars in those movies and sings those songs. You might know him from
The Muppets and
Despicable Me. Your parents might know him from other stuff.
Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic is his second novel. Look for the other two books in the Nightmares! series,
Nightmares! and
Nightmares! The Lost Lullaby, available from Delacorte Press.
Kirsten Miller grew up in a small town just like Cypress Creek, minus the purple mansion. She lives and writes in New York City. Kirsten is the author of the acclaimed Kiki Strike books, the
New York Times bestseller
The Eternal Ones, and
How to Lead a Life of Crime. Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic is the second novel Kirsten has written with Jason Segel. You can visit her at kirstenmillerbooks.com or follow @bankstirregular on Twitter.
Praise for the Nightmares! Series: “Charlie 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 “A touching comical saga . . . about facing things that go bump in the night.” —
US Weekly
“
Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.” —
Publishers Weekly
"Succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure . . .
Sweet, charming, and imaginative."—
Kirkus Reviews"Comical antics, cartoonish spot illustrations, and creepy villains make for quite
an entertaining read."—
Booklist"
An engaging and creative story...woven with a generous amount [of] humor."-
VOYA"There's
humor and a fairly high ick-factor."-
SLJ
"
Cleverly crafted...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'"—
ILA Literacy Daily
