Children's Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories
Myles and the Monster Outside Teachers' Guide
Dundurn Teachers' Guide
- Publisher
- Dundurn
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2018
- Category
- Horror & Ghost Stories, Fantasy & Magic, Monsters
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Unknown
- ISBN
- 9781459743700
- Publish Date
- Mar 2018
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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
Eleanor Creasey is a retired teacher and school principal. She is the author of four teachers' resource guides to facilitate classroom discussion of novels. On Remembrance Day is her first book. She lives in Ottawa.
Awards
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award
- Runner-up, Silver Birch Express Award Honour Book
Editorial Reviews
Dowding’s second Weird Stories Gone Wrong is a . . . carefully written Goosebumps from north of the border.
Kirkus Reviews
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
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
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.
Resource Links
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.
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