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Charlie's monsters (Book)

 
Title:Charlie's monsters
Author:Lorey, Dean
Publisher:2008
Brief description:Hogwarts meets Men in Black in a thrilling comic adventure about a very gifted boy who joins a monster fighting academy.
Series:Nightmare Academy
ISBN:9780007257195
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Description (full):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!
Author info:Dean Lorey has written extensively for TV and movies. Nightmare Academy is his first venture into children's books: he hopes it will keep you up all night.
Nielsen review:'Men in Black for kids. Pure entertainment.' Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus review:Wild imagination and a formulaic plot provide lots of fun and excitement as a boy faces his nightmares in reality. Isolated, lonely Charlie has dreams that leave his room in a shambles as monsters under the bed emerge to tear up the place. Charlie has a gift for connecting with the netherworld, where a menagerie of nasty beasties strives to get into the real world. He winds up in an organization dedicated to fighting the fiends. Guided by de rigueur eccentric professors and odd fellow students, Charlie struggles to control his gift before he unintentionally lets loose all the forces of Hell. Lorey invents a plethora of marvelous creatures, most notably the "Trout of Truth," along with his over-the-top humans. If the one-dimensional personalities remain somewhat standard-issue in their quirkiness, so what? It's Men in Black for kids. Pure entertainment with no thinking required - and that's just fine. (Fiction. 8-16) (Kirkus Reviews)
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