Segel, J: Nightmares!

"Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller."-Publishers Weekly The 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. Charlie Laird has several problems. 1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch. 2. He had to move into her purple mansion-the creepiest place in Cypress Creek. 3. He can't remember the last time sleeping wasn't a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap. 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. For good. Praise for the Nightmares! Series: Nightmares! (Bk 1) is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee "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 "Comical antics, cartoonish spot illustrations, and creepy villains make for quite an entertaining read."-Booklist "Succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure . . . Sweet, charming, and imaginative."-Kirkus Reviews "An engaging and creative story...woven with a generous amount [of] humor."-VOYA "There's humor and a fairly high ick-factor."-School Library Journal "Cleverly crafted...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'"-ILA Literacy Daily