Synopses & Reviews
When Charlie Benjamin sleeps, monsters wake up.
It's hard to fit in when your nightmares open portals to the Netherworld, where horrible creatures live--like the class 3 Netherstalker that invaded a sleepover and tried to eat the other children. Luckily there's a place for Charlie--the Nightmare Academy. Built from wrecked ships set in the branches of the world's most incredible tree fort, the Academy trains people to use their unique gifts to fight the monsters that rush in when the lights go out. But Charlie is far more powerful than anyone ever imagined, and his entrance exam opens a portal straight to the heart of the Netherworld, where ultimate evil plots Earth's destruction. He'll need all his cleverness--and the help of his new friends--to save himself and his family and to put these bad boys to bed once and for all. The monsters under your bed are real
But never fear--the Nightmare Academy will train Nethermancers and Banishers like you to destroy them
Review
“Lots of fun and excitement...Its Men in Black for kids. Pure entertainment” Kirkus Reviews
Review
“Rip-roaring monster slayings...readers will appreciate the books cinematic vividness...a straightforward thrill ride.” Bulletin of the Center for Children & #8217;s Books
Synopsis
The race to defeat the monsters that are invading Earth leads Charlie and the Monster Hunters on a wild ride from the safety of the Nightmare Academy to the spooky Bermuda Triangle graveyard, the dark Hydra Cave, and the San Diego Zoo.
Synopsis
Join Charlie Benjamin on a "fast-paced, action-packed"*adventure. When Charlie's nightmares bring monsters to Earth, Charlie gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn to control his powers at the incredible Nightmare Academy. "Marvelous creatures"** greet Charlie and his new friends as they embark on "a straightforward thrill ride"*** of "rip-roaring monster slayings"*** in a debut novel that's "pure entertainment."**
About the Author
Dean Lorey is a Hollywood screenwriter whose credits include co-executive producer of the cult TV hit
Arrested Development. He was inspired to write Nightmare Academy, his first series for young readers, by his personal enthusiasm for imagined worlds and video games. The first book in the trilogy, monster hunters, received the Southern California Booksellers' Award for Best Children's Novel of the Year. Dean Lorey lives in Calabasas, California, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Chris (first reader for the Nightmare Academy trilogy) and Alex (then too young to read).
Brandon Dorman lives in Puyallup, Washington, and is the creator of Pirates of the Sea! and Santa's Stowaway, and the illustrator of Jack Prelutsky's Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face, as well as Halloween Night, by Marjorie Dennis Murray.