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Charlie's Monsters
Charlie's Monsters
Charlie's Monsters

Gifted boy navigates school, battles nightmare monsters.

"Charlie's Monsters" is a thrilling pick for anyone drawn to the blend of magical schools and monster-hunting adventures. If the idea of exploring a secret world filled with otherworldly threats captivates you, this book delivers. Imagine stepping into a universe where your wildest dreams — and nightmares — hold the keys to saving the world. Charlie's journey could fuel your next fantasy escape!

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ISBN: 9780007257195
Authors: Dean Lorey
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Date of Publication: 2008-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Chapter Books, Young Readers
Related Topics: Mystery, Adventure, Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 4005 readers)

Description

Hogwarts meets Men in Black in a thrilling comic adventure about a very gifted boy who joins a monster-fighting academy. Charlie Benjamin is not like other children - when he sleeps he has terrible nightmares, and when he wakes it is to find his room has been wrecked. Then one day he wakes up to find a monster by his bed. Luckily, a band of monster-hunting strangers arrives and saves him, only to whisk him away for interrogation by the mysterious 'Nightmare Division'. It turns out that Charlie has the 'Gift' - a rare ability to open portals into the dimension where monsters lurk, and the explanation for the devastating force of his nightmares. But his gift makes him a danger to himself and others: when he is made to open a portal his power is so great that he inadvertently wakes Barakkas, one of the most powerful and evil of all monsters. Threatened with 'Reduction' (a lobotomy that would remove his imagination) Charlie is saved by the wise Headmaster of the Nightmare Academy, where he is taken to explore his talents - and prepare for the coming showdown with Barakkas!
 

Gifted boy navigates school, battles nightmare monsters.

"Charlie's Monsters" is a thrilling pick for anyone drawn to the blend of magical schools and monster-hunting adventures. If the idea of exploring a secret world filled with otherworldly threats captivates you, this book delivers. Imagine stepping into a universe where your wildest dreams — and nightmares — hold the keys to saving the world. Charlie's journey could fuel your next fantasy escape!

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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