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Myles and the Monster Outside
Written by Philippa Dowding, Illustrated by Shawna Daigle
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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.
3 comments:
I just loved this book! This is a story about a 13 year old boy named Myles who's family is moving to a new town named Nobleville. Myles is not very excited about that. He does not want to leave his school, home and friends. They are driving half way across the country to get to his new home. Along the way, Myles notices a misty monster with red eyes following him. He doesn't want to tell his mom or his older sister Bea. They continue to travel when the 13 year old spots a man in a leather jacket in the fields. He told his mom to stop. She steps out of the car and asks the man if he needs a ride. He said "no thank you but I just want to ask if you have seen my dog?" Myles answered yes and got back into the car. Later at a gas station he found out that the man he had seen had been a ghost for over 100 years! Just like this spooky event there were a lot more scary things happening to Myles. I like how the author wrote down that one person's truth can be another person's lie to make the reader believe in the story. I started reading the book today and I finished it today! The story was so interesting that I just could not take my eyes off of it. Until now, the best book I read in Silver Birch Book Club was A Pocket Full of Murder but I think this book just might be a little better! I have never believed in ghosts but after reading this book, I might just need to rethink that thought. I am going to recommend this book to all of my friends. When I read this book I had to read it in the room my mom was in because I was too scared to read it in my room! I really love this author and her imagination. Or was it her imagination? I really want to read the next books in this series!
hi,i have one thing,why is chapter 9 say,chicken all over, there is not even one chicken in it. i am not rode but it is the true thing. bye:)
Chapter 9 said chickens all over because in the previous chapter there was a chicken truck and in chapter 9 the ghost attacked the truck so the chickens went all over.
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