Here There Are Monsters is
perfect for the Goosebumps generation. It has everything we are used to
being scared of. A disappearance, scratches on the basement window, and worst
of all, a hideous creature capable of anything your imagination can create!
Looking forward to a fresh start,
Skye and her sister, Deirdre, are unfortunately growing apart when they move to
a new town with their parents. Skye can’t grow up fast enough while Deirdre is
still stuck playing pretend in the woods behind their house. But there is
something lurking in these woods and if they aren’t careful Skye and Deirdre
will pay the ultimate price.
“I told you, I didn’t have any
choice! What was I going to do, explain this to my parents? ‘Oh, sorry, Mom, I
can’t be grounded right now. I have to go do the bidding of the monsters in the
woods.’ You’ve seen them now; you know I didn’t have any choice! They have my
sister!”
Nail biting and dramatic until the
final sentence. It’s been a long time since I actually had to put a book down
at 1:00 am because it was freaking me out! Amelinda Bérubé does a great job in
her sophomore novel about two sisters and the things we would, and maybe
wouldn’t, do for family and the monsters that stalk us all.
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