Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher's Pest

Author: Gilman, Charles

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Illustrated

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 170

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“Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons—Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!” —Ransom Riggs, author of  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children   DON'T BE FOOLED by his friendly smile, his perfect manners, or his shiny red apple. Student council president Howard Mergler is actually a sinister bug-monster in disguise—and he's summoning swarms of roaches, wasps, fleas, and head lice into the corridors of Lovecraft Middle School!  Twelve-year-old Robert Arthur is the only student who can stop him--but he'll need help from his best friends: the school bully, the school ghost, and an extremely courageous two-headed rat.   This third novel in the Lovecraft Middle School series begins right where  Professor Gargoyle and  The Slither Sisters ended—with more action, more adventure, and more outrageous monsters! From Booklist This latest entry in the reliable Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series finds the evil Crawford Tillinghast and his summoned beasts—existing just beyond the living realm of the school—rounding up the troops for the upcoming “Great War.” Who are the troops? Bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. Robert and Glenn first notice the infestation via a horrendous ice outbreak, but soon the halls are seething with ants, fleas, gnats, mosquitoes, and more. When the creatures disappear beneath the school to bulk up on meals of trash, the boys, plus ghost girl Karina, scuttle down the service tunnels to do a little extermination—and rescue their two-headed pet rat, of course. As always, Gilman punctuates the fast-moving action and gross-out set pieces (including a Dumpster full of maggots) with the delicate matters of young friendships. Smith’s black-and-white illustrations are a big boon, especially when conveying the bizarre (a pile of goo with multiple eyeballs). The 3-D cover will grab ’em. And you can reassure horror addicts more volumes are slithering our way. Grades 4-6. --Daniel Kraus

Reviews:

“Good, gross and ghoulish.”

— Kirkus Review  

“As always, Gilman punctuates the fast-moving action and grossout set pieces with the delicate matters of young friendships.... The 3-D cover will grab ’em. And you can reassure horror addicts more volumes are slithering our way.” —Booklist

“An entertaining mystery that offers up plenty of danger and real suspense.”

— GeekDad.com

Praise for Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #1: Professor Gargoyle

“Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons –  Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!”—Ransom Riggs, author of  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children  

“Gilman's debut and series kick-off is great fun for fans of light horror. The changing image on the cover will snag interest, and the spookily realistic black-and-white illustrations throughout complete this slick, scary, funny package. [There are] delectable hints of age-appropriate, Lovecraftian otherness...with none of the purple prose.”

— Kirkus Reviews  

“This first entry in a series is a fun read...The mysteries of Lovecraft offer plenty of excitement, and reluctant readers will likely stick around to see just how this story ends.”

— School Library Journal  

“Fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling.”

— Publishers Weekly  

“Middle school memories won't be the same once you jump into Charles Gilman's  Tales From Lovecraft Middle School series.”

— Florida Times-Union

“ Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning.”

— BookSlut  

“Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.’s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We’ve all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the ...

EAN: 9781594746147

Release Date: 07-05-2013

Languages: English

Item Note: Good shape with typical wear. Has a remainder mark. Hardcover Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2013Illustrated

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Hardcover