Children's Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories
Myles and the Monster Outside
Weird Stories Gone Wrong
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2015
- Category
- Horror & Ghost Stories, Monsters, Fantasy & Magic
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459729438
- Publish Date
- Sep 2015
- List Price
- $11.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459729452
- Publish Date
- Sep 2015
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
2017 Silver Birch Express Award Honour Book • 2017 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award — Shortlisted • 2017 Diamond Willow Award — Shortlisted
The second instalment in a series of scary tall tales from acclaimed children’s novelist Philippa Dowding.
I will never leave this car, the back seat reeks of everything my little brother has ever eaten, and that thing is still out there …
Myles and his family have been driving for four days. It’s their final night on the road, but Myles knows they will never arrive at their new house. It will never stop raining. And even if they do get there (which is doubtful), he knows he will never have friends again.
He also knows that something is following them in the dark, rainy fields outside their car. Something monstrous.
Once the monster arrives, things go very wrong. Myles and his family get lost, their car keeps breaking down, and a strange old man and his dog turn up, again and again. Then things get really weird. Myles is pretty sure it’s all his fault: he’s the only one who can see the monster. He’s the only one who can hear the monster.
And hardest of all? He’s the only one who can make it go away.
About the author
Philippa Dowding is a children’s author, poet, musician and copywriter. She has won many industry awards and has had poetry and short fiction published in journals across North America. Her children’s books have been nominated for numerous literary awards in Canada and abroad, including the SYRCA Diamond Willow, OLA Silver Birch, OLA Red Maple, Hackmatack and White Raven awards. In 2017, Myles and the Monster Outside was an OLA Silver Birch Express Honour Book and her 2021 novel, Firefly, won a Governor General’s Literary Award in the Children’s Literature – Text category. Philippa Dowding currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Awards
- Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Runner-up, Silver Birch Express Award Honour Book
Editorial Reviews
The “Weird Stories Gone Wrong” series is a good series for reluctant readers. They are the book equivalent of a tame campfire ghost story, with vivid imagery, simple presentation and fast pacing.
Canadian Materials
A ghost dog (and owner), a monster made of fog, and a desolate stretch of road on a dark and stormy night are good set ups for some genuinely spooky storytelling.
Quill & Quire
Dowding’s second Weird Stories Gone Wrong is a . . . carefully written Goosebumps from north of the border.
Kirkus Reviews
An effective bridge for readers who are new to the genre or who aren’t yet ready to transition to the wider body of supernatural and speculative fiction.
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This book is a delicious, spine-chilling treat for middle grade readers.
Canadian Children's Book News
Mixing colourful, descriptive imagery with plentiful dialogue, Dowding creates an excitingly spooky tale. Add Daigle's ghostly drawings, and readers will be enthralled with this second novel in the Weird Stories Gone Wrong series.
Booklist
Other titles by
Oculum Echo
Firefly
Weird Stories Gone Wrong 6-Book Bundle
Carter and the Curious Maze / Myles and the Monster Outside / Jake and the Giant Hand / and 3 others
Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet
Weird Stories Gone Wrong
Weird Stories Gone Wrong 5-Book Bundle
Carter and the Curious Maze / Myles and the Monster Outside / Jake and the Giant Hand / Alex and The Other / Blackwells and the Briny Deep
Blackwells and the Briny Deep
Weird Stories Gone Wrong
Oculum
Alex and The Other
Weird Stories Gone Wrong
Everton Miles Is Stranger Than Me Classroom Activity Guide
Dundurn Teachers' Guide
The Night Flyer's Handbook 2-Book Bundle
The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden / Everton Miles Is Stranger Than Me