Tales from Beyond the Brain
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Imagine walking home from school one day and seeing a brain on the side of the road, a brain that, it turns out, is looking for a new home.
Or instead of paying attention to the teacher, you shoot a paper airplane across the room and accidentally rip a hole in the fabric of the universe. And what would you do if you discovered that your class reading group was actually recruiting kids with telekinetic powers? Tales from Beyond the Brain is a collection of thirteen spooky stories that are as outrageous as they are terrifying. It's a throwback to the weird tales of yesteryear, in the vein of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone, but with contemporary characters and settings. Getting an education has never been more dangerous.
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Reminiscent of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series, the 13 stories in this collection feature ordinary kids in situations of spine-tingling (and sometimes hilarious) supernatural peril. A popcorn kernel stuck between Jamie's teeth grows into a set of terrifying, sentient fangs in "A Kernel Takes Root"; a seemingly innocuous cat leads well-intentioned Greg woefully astray in "Whiskers"; and the brain Alice finds in the gutter on her way home holds both the answers to her homework and deeply malevolent intentions in "Two Brains, One Alice." Written in a snappy, declarative style "Megan figured it was because she was kind of like a bee herself... But, like a bee, when Megan got angry, she could sting" each tale quickly builds suspense before closing with a zing. Hughes's illustrations punctuate the text with cartoonishly realistic images that range from eerie luminescent figures to gory eyeballs, complementing the stories to effectively introduce young readers to the pleasures of the genre. Ages 9 12.
