No Place for Monsters

In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” author Jeff Kinney calls "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying," two unlikely friends face down their worst fears in order to stop their small town, and themselves, from disappearing. Levi and Kat are about to discover a very dark side to their neighborhood. Nothing ever seems out of place in the safe, suburban town of Cowslip Grove. Lawns are neatly mowed, sidewalks are tidy, and the sounds of ice cream trucks fill the air. But now... kids have been going missing-except no one even realizes it, because no one remembers them. Not their friends. Not their teachers. Not even their families. But Levi and Kat do remember, and suddenly only they can see why everyone is in terrible danger when the night air rolls in. Now it is up to Levi and Kat to fight it and save the missing kids before it swallows the town whole.

"Tim Burton meets Edward Gorey in Merritt's extravagantly gothic figures and settings." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The third highly illustrated, paper-over-board book in the spellbinding series Jeff Kinney called "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying" finds Levi, Kat, and their friends caught in the grips of a lost child who is neither real nor imaginary. Can they escape? Shhh, listen . . . hear that? Is it the breeze in the tall grass? Or is it . . . something-somebody-sinister? The kids of Cowslip Grove are putting on a school play, and Kat, Levi, Donte, and their friends all have parts. But at rehearsal one day, a piece of chalk leaps up on its own and starts writing on the blackboard. Soon the kids learn they are being stalked by the mysterious "Little Nobody"-an invisible child with no memories. As the kids begin to unravel the mystery behind Little Nobody, they accidentally reveal a strange and secret world-along with the true fates of many long-lost children and creatures. But something else is watching: an undead enemy that hopes to manipulate Little Nobody into bringing great harm to Cowslip Grove. And it will take everything the children have to defeat it. With illustrations on every page, the third book in the No Place for Monsters series continues to place readers inside the "totally terrifying" (Jeff Kinney), "haunted garden" (New York Times) imagination of Kory Merritt. "Tim Burton meets Edward Gorey in Merritt's extravagantly gothic figures and settings. . . . A creepy delight, with themes both timeless and topical." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)