Monsterville: A Lissa Black Production

(Hardback)

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Beware what lurks beneath your bed. . . . It could lead to a monstrous adventure.

Thirteen-year-old Lissa Black is miserable when her parents force her to move from New York City (the perfect home for an aspiring writer/director/actress) to Freeburg, Pennsylvania, nowhere capital of the world. Theres nothing to do there, except play her little sister Haylies favorite new game, Monsterville, and hang out with her new neighbor Adam.

But when a walk in the woods lands her face-to-face with a swamp monster hungry for brains and then a Sasquatch that moos, even Lissa cant call her new home totally boring. With Adams help, she catches the culprit behind the drama: a shape-shifting goblin whos fled from the monster world of Down Below.

And what do you do with a creature that can be literally anything Make monster movies, of course! Lissa is convinced that Blue will be the secret to her big break.

But when Haylie goes missing on Halloween, Lissa, Adam, and the monster must venture Down Below to stage a rescueand face the real Monsterville, which is anything but a game.

Monsterville is a fusion of The Boxtrolls, Jumanji, and Candyland, weaving together friendship, family, and monsters into a funny fantasy-horror brimming with heart from a great new middle grade voice.

Reviews

[A] suspenseful monster story; its funny, too. . . . Middle grade readers will appreciate that Lissas obstacles are not just of the creepy variety. School Library Journal

What a fun read! The perfect book for the boy scout who wants to be prepared in Monsterville, for the monster who cant decide what to become, and (of course) for the director who might have to take on a starring role. Kelly Jones, author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

An absolute delight. Full of humor with a fresh voice, and just plain fun to read. Penny Warner, two-time award-winning author of The Code Busters Club series

"Chutes and Ladders with monstersand an aspiring filmmaker determined to capture them all. Sarah Reida's Monsterville is creepy good fun! Caitlen Rubino-Bradway, Mark Twain Award finalist for Ordinary Magic

"This book is the best fun, overflowing with humor and fabulous in its overturning of many movie cliches. While adults are chuckling at the jokes, kids will love puzzling over the chain of clues that lead Monsterville's lovable heroes through the world of Down Below." Claire Fayers, author of Voyage to Magic North
[A] suspenseful monster story; its funny, too. . . . Middle grade readers will appreciate that Lissas obstacles are not just of the creepy variety. School Library Journal

What a fun read! The perfect book for the boy scout who wants to be prepared in Monsterville, for the monster who cant decide what to become, and (of course) for the director who might have to take on a starring role. Kelly Jones, author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

An absolute delight. Full of humor with a fresh voice, and just plain fun to read. Penny Warner, two-time award-winning author of The Code Busters Club series

"Chutes and Ladders with monstersand an aspiring filmmaker determined to capture them all. Sarah Reida's Monsterville is creepy good fun! Caitlen Rubino-Bradway, Mark Twain Award finalist for Ordinary Magic

"This book is the best fun, overflowing with humor and fabulous in its overturning of many movie cliches. While adults are chuckling at the jokes, kids will love puzzling over the chain of clues that lead Monsterville's lovable heroes through the world of Down Below." Claire Fayers, author of Voyage to Magic North

Author Bio

Sarah Schauerte Reida is a writer, lawyer, and ugly animal advocate. Growing up in the Midwest (Illinois, to be precise), she read everything she could get her hands on, as well as watched many, many movies during her parents' "camping" trips involving electricity and s'mores in a microwave. A member of The Sweet Sixteens, Sarah's debut middle grade novel, Monstervile: A Lissa Black Production, is her first novel. A graduate of Saint Louis University (B.A). and Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D.), Sarah makes a living helping veteran business owners compete for federal contracts. She and her husband Scott live in the Atlanta area with their dog and four cats. By the time this biography reaches print, they will probably have acquired another animal.