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Nightmares!

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Illustrated by Karl Kwasny

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
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By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Read by Jason Segel

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Read by Jason Segel

By Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
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Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books

Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books

Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books

Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books

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Paperback $7.99

Jul 28, 2015 | 400 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

Hardcover $16.99

Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

Hardcover $19.99

Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

Ebook $7.99

Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

CD $19.99

Aug 02, 2016 | 450 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

Audiobook Download $24.00

Sep 09, 2014 | 453 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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      Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

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      Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

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      Aug 02, 2016 | 450 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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      Sep 09, 2014 | 453 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Nightmares!

    “Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.”—Publishers Weekly

    The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.

    Charlie Laird has several problems.
     
    1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
    2. He had to move into her purple mansion—the creepiest place in Cypress Creek.
    3. He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.
     
    What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world . . . well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird.
     
    For good.

    Praise for the Nightmares! Series:

    Nightmares! (Bk 1) is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee

    “Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and…readers will want to accompany him again.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “A touching comical saga…about facing things that go bump in the night.”—US Weekly

    “Comical antics, cartoonish spot illustrations, and creepy villains make for quite an entertaining read.“—Booklist

    “Succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure . . . Sweet, charming, and imaginative.“—Kirkus Reviews

    “An engaging and creative story…woven with a generous amount [of] humor.”—VOYA

    “There’s humor and a fairly high ick-factor.“—School Library Journal

    “Cleverly crafted…This novel presents just the right mix of ‘scary and humorous.'”—ILA Literacy Daily

    About Nightmares!

    “Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.”—Publishers Weekly

    The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.

    Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!
     
    Charlie Laird has several problems.
     
    1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
    2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.
    3.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.
     
    What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed.
     
    And when your worst nightmares start to come true . . . well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good.

    Praise for Nightmares!

    Book one is a     New York Times bestseller and Texas Bluebonnet nominee!

    “Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and…readers will want to accompany him again.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “A touching comical saga…about facing things that go bump in the night.”—US Weekly

    ““[Nightmares!] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure…[It’s] sweet, charming, and imaginative.“—Kirkus Reviews

    “Segel…and Miller build an entertaining, cartoony world full of scary (but not too scary) monsters, silly jokes, plucky kid heroes…with a promise of adventures to come.”—Booklist

    “An engaging and creative story…woven with a generous amount [of] humor.”—VOYA

    “There’s humor and a fairly high ick-factor.“—School Library Journal

    “Cleverly crafted…This novel presents just the right mix of ‘scary and humorous.'”—ILA Literacy Daily

    About Nightmares!

    “Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.”—Publishers Weekly

    The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.

    Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!
     
    Charlie Laird has several problems.
     
    1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
    2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.
    3.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.
     
    What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed.
     
    And when your worst nightmares start to come true . . . well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good.

    Praise for Nightmares!

    Book one is a     New York Times bestseller and Texas Bluebonnet nominee!

    “Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and…readers will want to accompany him again.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “A touching comical saga…about facing things that go bump in the night.”—US Weekly

    ““[Nightmares!] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure…[It’s] sweet, charming, and imaginative.“—Kirkus Reviews

    “Segel…and Miller build an entertaining, cartoony world full of scary (but not too scary) monsters, silly jokes, plucky kid heroes…with a promise of adventures to come.”—Booklist

    “An engaging and creative story…woven with a generous amount [of] humor.”—VOYA

    “There’s humor and a fairly high ick-factor.“—School Library Journal

    “Cleverly crafted…This novel presents just the right mix of ‘scary and humorous.'”—ILA Literacy Daily

    About Nightmares!

    “Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.”—Publishers Weekly

    The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.

    Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!
     
    Charlie Laird has several problems.
     
    1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
    2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.
    3.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.
     
    What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed.
     
    And when your worst nightmares start to come true . . . well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good.

    Praise for Nightmares!

    Book one is a     New York Times bestseller and Texas Bluebonnet nominee!

    “Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and…readers will want to accompany him again.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “A touching comical saga…about facing things that go bump in the night.”—US Weekly

    ““[Nightmares!] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure…[It’s] sweet, charming, and imaginative.“—Kirkus Reviews

    “Segel…and Miller build an entertaining, cartoony world full of scary (but not too scary) monsters, silly jokes, plucky kid heroes…with a promise of adventures to come.”—Booklist

    “An engaging and creative story…woven with a generous amount [of] humor.”—VOYA

    “There’s humor and a fairly high ick-factor.“—School Library Journal

    “Cleverly crafted…This novel presents just the right mix of ‘scary and humorous.'”—ILA Literacy Daily

    About Nightmares!

    “Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.”—Publishers Weekly

    The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.

    Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!
     
    Charlie Laird has several problems.
     
    1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
    2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.
    3.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.
     
    What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed.
     
    And when your worst nightmares start to come true . . . well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good.

    Praise for Nightmares!

    Book one is a     New York Times bestseller and Texas Bluebonnet nominee!

    “Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and…readers will want to accompany him again.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “A touching comical saga…about facing things that go bump in the night.”—US Weekly

    ““[Nightmares!] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure…[It’s] sweet, charming, and imaginative.“—Kirkus Reviews

    “Segel…and Miller build an entertaining, cartoony world full of scary (but not too scary) monsters, silly jokes, plucky kid heroes…with a promise of adventures to come.”—Booklist

    “An engaging and creative story…woven with a generous amount [of] humor.”—VOYA

    “There’s humor and a fairly high ick-factor.“—School Library Journal

    “Cleverly crafted…This novel presents just the right mix of ‘scary and humorous.'”—ILA Literacy Daily

    About Nightmares!

    A New York Times Bestseller written and narrated by Jason Segel!

    Jason Segel, multitalented actor, writer, and musician, teams up with New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller for the hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares!, the first audiobook in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town. 
     
    Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!
     
    Charlie Laird has several problems. 
     
    1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
    2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.
    3.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap. 
     
    What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed.
     
    And when your worst nightmares start to come true…well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good.

    About Jason Segel

    New York Times bestselling author Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he’s learned that… More about Jason Segel

    About Kirsten Miller

    Kirsten Miller grew up in a small town just like Cypress Creek, minus the purple mansion. She lives and writes… More about Kirsten Miller

    About Jason Segel

    New York Times bestselling author Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he’s learned that… More about Jason Segel

    About Kirsten Miller

    Kirsten Miller grew up in a small town just like Cypress Creek, minus the purple mansion. She lives and writes… More about Kirsten Miller

    About Jason Segel

    New York Times bestselling author Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he’s learned that… More about Jason Segel

    About Kirsten Miller

    Kirsten Miller grew up in a small town just like Cypress Creek, minus the purple mansion. She lives and writes… More about Kirsten Miller

    About Jason Segel

    New York Times bestselling author Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he’s learned that… More about Jason Segel

    About Kirsten Miller

    Kirsten Miller grew up in a small town just like Cypress Creek, minus the purple mansion. She lives and writes… More about Kirsten Miller

    About Jason Segel

    New York Times bestselling author Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he’s learned that… More about Jason Segel

    About Kirsten Miller

    Kirsten Miller grew up in a small town just like Cypress Creek, minus the purple mansion. She lives and writes… More about Kirsten Miller

    About Jason Segel

    New York Times bestselling author Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he’s learned that… More about Jason Segel

    About Kirsten Miller

    Kirsten Miller grew up in a small town just like Cypress Creek, minus the purple mansion. She lives and writes… More about Kirsten Miller

    Product Details

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jul 28, 2015 | 400 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780385744263

    Hardcover | $16.99
    Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | 5-5/8 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780385744256

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | 5-5/8 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780375991578

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Sep 09, 2014 | 368 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780385384032

    CD | $19.99
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Aug 02, 2016 | 450 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524735982

    Audiobook Download | $24.00
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Sep 09, 2014 | 453 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780804168113

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    Praise for the Nightmares!  Series:

    Texas Bluebonnet Nominee

    “Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and…readers will want to accompany him again.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “A touching comical saga…about facing things that go bump in the night.”—US Weekly

    “Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller.”—Publishers Weekly

    “Comical antics, cartoonish spot illustrations, and creepy villains make for quite an entertaining read.“—Booklist

    “Succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure . . . Sweet, charming, and imaginative.“—Kirkus Reviews

    “An engaging and creative story…woven with a generous amount [of] humor.”—VOYA

    “There’s humor and a fairly high ick-factor.“—School Library Journal

    “Cleverly crafted…This novel presents just the right mix of ‘scary and humorous.'”—ILA Literacy Daily

    Awards

    Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award NOMINEE 2016

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