Mail-Order Monsters: Crash Course - Couverture souple

Acevedo, Silvia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1950150011 ISBN 13 : 9781950150014

Editeur : Three Points Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Recommended by Kirkus Reviews: “Spiky characters and vigorous storytelling ... OUR VERDICT: GET IT
★★★★★ from Readers' Favorite: "Lovable characters and exciting adventures …Kept me utterly hooked” (5-star review)

A 10-year-old boy desperate for a new best friend orders monsters from an ad at the back of a comic book.

Marco Torres needs a new bestie. His best bud isn’t talking to him, and he’s suddenly got a bully—who happens to be the twin of his crush. So when Marco spots an ad in the back of a comic book for mail-order monsters, he’s in. Because what could go wrong? Turns out, plenty! Unleashing their magic draws all the right—and wrong—attention. Amazed classmates. An uncontrolled escape through the school’s ceilings. A janitor who’s onto him. And when his ex-bestie challenges him to a grudge match to finally settle their score, it’s Marco’s monsters against an enemy robot in a remote control truck race through the neighborhood junk yard. But through it all, Marco begins to wonder who should really be fighting his battles? And what exactly is he fighting for?

A tale of friendship breakups and makeups, of monsters and robots, and of racing and chasing. Features a diverse cast and bilingual Latino protagonist. Readers will love the Spanish lightly sprinkled and explained within.

“Spiky characters and vigorous storytelling. OUR VERDICT: GET IT” ~ Kirkus Reviews (Recommended review)

“Snappy and fresh, entertaining until the very last page.” ~ The BookLife Prize

“An exciting and immersive adventure.” ~ Midwest Book Review (Recommended)

“Kept me utterly hooked.” ~ Readers' Favorite (5-stars)

“An instant favorite!" ~ Christy Wopat, teacher and author of Always Ours

“A middle-grade must-read!” ~ Michelle Houts, author of Winterfrost and Lucy's Lab

“Buy this book, spend time with the mail-order monsters and you’ll want to send away for a few of your own.” ~ Laurie Scheer, writing mentor and vice president of the Wisconsin Writers Association

Twice honored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Silvia Acevedo is an award-winning children's book author and co-founder of Fantasy Art Workshop's Illustration Intensive, a week-long illustration workshop. She's worked in New York publishing at Scholastic, literary agency Writers House, and the non-profit Inkluded Academy, which champions diversity in publishing. She also led the Wisconsin chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and served on the board of directors for the Wisconsin Writers Association. Before writing fiction, Silvia spent 25+ years reporting and anchoring news for TV, radio, and newspapers, covering everything from national politics to state-fair-food-on-a-stick. Her latest work, THE HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA (Macmillan), was Amazon's #1 Release in Children's Short Story Collections. Her mythological GOD AWFUL series, featuring GOD AWFUL LOSER, GOD AWFUL THIEF, and GOD AWFUL REBEL, was the winner of the coveted Spark Award for excellence from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Visit her at SilviaAcevedo.com.

Jeff Miracola has been creating fantasy art since 1993. He has illustrated for properties such as Dungeons & Dragons, World of Warcraft, Mars Attacks, Star Wars, Planescape, Earthdawn, Shadowrun, and Magic: the Gathering, for which he has created more than 142 paintings. He's done conceptual toy and video game design, editorial illustrations, and picture books, as well as various activity books for Klutz/Scholastic. Look for him at JeffMiracola.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Three Points Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1950150011
• ISBN 13: 9781950150014
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Miracola Jeff
• Nombre de pages: 286
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg