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White, J. A. NIGHTBOOKS New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] IL 6-8 ISBN 9780062560087 (2 booktalks) |
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Booktalk #1 Everyone loves a good scare, right? Alex is a kid who loves scary stories so much that he writes his own spooky tales. One night he finds himself knocking on a stranger’s door after hearing the sounds of one of his favorite movies, The Night of the Living Dead. This stranger invites him inside, but she has no intention of letting Alex leave. Natacha is a witch who only finds joy from Alex’s spooky storytelling from his nightbooks. With the help from the other prisoners at Natacha’s place, Alex makes up new stories to please the witch. But then his writer’s block puts an end to his stories and--now--possibly his life. Can Alex write his way out of danger and out of this prison? (Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2019-2020) Booktalk #2 Alex has been imprisoned by a witch, and must tell her a new scary story every night to keep himself alive. This spooky fantasy is a combination of One Thousand and One Nights and Hansel and Gretel. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021)
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| SUBJECTS: Storytelling -- Fiction. Witches -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction. |
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