Nightmares!

&quot;<b><i>Coraline</i> meets <i>Monsters, Inc.</i> in this delightfully entertaining offering</b> from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.&quot; - <i>Publishers Weekly</i><b><i><br><br></i>The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel <i>Nightmares!</i> is a <b>Texas Bluebonnet nominee and </b>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. </b><br><br>Charlie Laird has several problems. <br> <br> 1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.<br> 2. He had to move into her purple mansion - the creepiest place in Cypress Creek.<br> 3. He can't remember the last time sleeping wasn't a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.<br> <br> 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. <br> <br> For good.<br> <b><br>Praise for the <i>Nightmares!</i> Series:</b><br><br><b><i>Nightmares!</i> (Bk 1) is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee<br><br></b>&quot;Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and...<b>readers will want to accompany him</b> again.&quot; - <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br>&quot;<b>A touching comical saga</b>...about facing things that go bump in the night.&quot; - <i>US Weekly</i><br><br>&quot;Comical antics, cartoonish spot illustrations, and creepy villains make for quite <b>an entertaining read.</b>&quot; - <i>BOOKLIST </i><br><br>&quot;Succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure . . . <b>Sweet, charming, and imaginative.</b>&quot; - <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br> &quot;<b>An engaging and creative story</b>...woven with a generous amount [of] humor.&quot; - <i>VOYA</i><br><br>&quot;There's <b>humor and a fairly high ick-factor.</b>&quot; - <i>School Library Journal</i><br><br>&quot;<b>Cleverly crafted</b>...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'&quot; - <i>ILA Literacy Daily</i>