Always October
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From Bruce Coville, the master of tween comic suspense, comes a tale of monsters, the bond between brothers, and saving the world.
Jake's baby brother, LD, may be a monster (complete with fangs and fur!), but together with his best friend, Lily, Jake isn't going to let anything happen to that baby. Even if it turns out LD may be the key to saving the world—or destroying it. Soon Jake and Lily are on a perilous quest through Always October, a land populated with monsters.
Perfect for fans of Bruce Coville's beloved books, such as Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, the Unicorn Chronicles series, and My Teacher Is an Alien series.
What happens when the world from your grandfather’s scary stories turns out to be real?
A Monster of a Little Brother: Jake’s new baby brother, LD, is cute, cuddly... and grows fangs and fur during the full moon. Protecting him is just the beginning of this funny scary book.Best Friends Adventure: When LD is in danger, Jake and his quirky best friend Lily will do anything to save him—even if it means journeying to a world of monsters.A Hidden World: Always October, the spooky setting from Jake’s grandfather’s famous books, is real. And it’s more dangerous and amazing than they ever imagined.A Dangerous Family Legacy: The key to saving both worlds lies in the secrets Jake’s grandfather and missing father left behind. But some secrets are better left buried.
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Sixth-grade best friends Jake and Lily (no relation to the headliners of Jerry Spinelli's recent Jake and Lily) narrate alternate chapters of this monster-filled adventure, chronicling their odyssey into a land they had mistakenly believed was a fictional creation of Jake's fantasy-writing grandfather. Sympathetic to each other's quirks Jake's obsessive-compulsive tapping and "problem with bridges," Lily's love of macabre songs ("Cannibal Bunnies Go to the Fair") they find refuge reading in their cemetery mausoleum hangout. When a baby appears on Jake's doorstep, and later transforms into a monster, the children, Lily's Grampa Gnarly, and others are forced to engage larger mysteries. Together they embark on a full-throttle race to save both the baby and the "Woven Worlds" from the Unravelers, who wish to sever ties between Humana and Always October, a place created from human imagination to "manifest and hold the fears that come with being alive." Coville (the My Teacher Is an Alien books) offers an entertaining, spine-tingling rollick as the group uncovers long-hidden secrets and discovers unknown strengths. Ages 8 12.
