Review: Scary School by Derek the Ghost

Scary School by Derek the Ghost

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pulished: June 21, 2011

Pages: 237

Received: from author for honest review

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You think your school's scary?

Get a load of these teachers:

"Ms. Fang," an 850-year-old vampire

"Dr. Dragonbreath," who just might eat you before recess

"Mr. Snakeskin"--science class is so much more fun when it's taught by someone who's half zombie

"Mrs. T"--break the rules and spend your detention with a hungry "Tyrannosaurus Rex"

Plus

Gargoyles, goblins, and Frankenstein's monster on the loose

The world's most frighteningly delicious school lunch

And

The narrator's an eleven-year-old ghost

Join Charles "New Kid" Nukid as he makes some very Scary friends--including Petunia, Johnny, and Peter the Wolf--and figures out that Scary School can be just as funny as it is spooky.

Scary School is a fun and silly read. The book has great illustrations at the start of each chapter showing each of the characters that are being introduced. All of the characters are extremely fun and have some great adventures and misadventures. I think my favourite character is Petunia (she has purple hair) and Ms. Fang (the vampire teacher with only one fang). If you are looking for a fun and easy read that both young and old can enjoy, then I think you might have found the book for you.

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Book Two - Monsters on the March just released on June 26th, so now you can read them back to back! 

As winners of last year's Ghoul Games, the students of Scary School are off to Monster Forest. School may be scary, but the forest has a few frights of its own, including:

Bearodactyls—so terrifying we can't even show you pictures of them
Princess Zogette, the Monster King's toad-faced daughter, who falls for Charles Nukid . . . hard
Captain Pigbeard, fearsome leader of the Monster-Pirates and Princess Zogette's fiancÉ (well, former fiancÉ, thanks to Charles)
And when Zogette follows Charles to Scary School, the Monster King and Captain Pigbeard raise their armies and chase after her. But the monsters have no idea who—or what—they're dealing with.

In this clever, funny sequel to the frighteningly hilarious Scary School, Charles, Penny Possum, Dr. Dragonbreath, and all the students and teachers prove that scary monsters are no match for Scary School!