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Our hero is 11-year-old Robert Arthur, and he's among the first students entering the brand new Lovecraft Middle School (LMS). The town is abuzz over the extraordinary new facility and its many state-of-the-art features. Solar panels! Radiant floor heating! Wireless internet! Digital "smart-boards" in every classroom! LMS is truly the school of the future. Better still, it's a totally "green" building, constructed almost entirely of recycled materials. But Robert soon discovers some strange mysteries. Rats in the lockers. A student goes missing. And he encounters an "old" section in the school library - a corridor full of worm-eaten, antiquated books. How did such a musty dusty room end up in a brand new school? Even worse, Robert's new science professor is behaving really strangely - it will become clear over the course of the book that the professor has been consumed by some kind of demon/wraith/spirit, that it's transforming him into a monster from the inside-out. Robert tries to unravel these mysteries with some help from his new friend Karina Ortiz - but soon she presents him with yet another conundrum- Why has he never seen Karina outside the walls of Lovecraft Middle School? The answers to all of these riddles lie in the fact that LMS was constructed almost entirely of recycled materials--but these materials came from the abandoned Tillinghast mansion, a large ancestral home & hotbed of weirdo paranormal activity. After decades of unpaid taxes, violent episodes, and unexplained phenomena, the state government tore down the hospital but then essentially REBUILT the same materials into a new building. And thus Lovecraft Middle School was born. By the end of this first volume, Robert will vanquish Professor Gargoyle and learn the creepy origin story of LMS. But his troubles are just beginning. There's something odd about the lunch lady in the cafeteria...and report cards are getting mailed home next week!

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PublisherQuirk Books

ISBN-101594745919

ISBN-139781594745911

eBay Product ID (ePID)112501444

Product Key Features

Publication Year2012

TopicParanormal, Occult & Supernatural, School & Education, Monsters, General

Book TitleTales from Lovecraft Middle School #1: Professor Gargoyle

LanguageEnglish

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorCharles Gilman

Book SeriesTales from Lovecraft Middle School Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9in

Item Length7.2in

Item Weight11.9 Oz

Item Width5.4in

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Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years

Reviews"These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."-Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and T he Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman , a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee "Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"-Wired.com's GeekDad " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."-Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming..."- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "-Asbury Park Press blog "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly, "This first entry in a series is a fun read...The mysteries of Lovecraft offer plenty of excitement, and reluctant readers will likely stick around to see just how this story ends."- School Library Journal " Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning."- BookSlut "These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."-Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and T he Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman , a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee "Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"-Wired.com's GeekDad " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."-Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming..."- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "-Asbury Park Press blog "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly, " Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning."- BookSlut "These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."-Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and T he Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman , a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee "Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"-Wired.com's GeekDad " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."-Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming..."- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "-Asbury Park Press blog "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly, "Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons - Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!"--Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children "Gilman's debut and series kick-off is great fun for fans of light horror. The changing image on the cover will snag interest, and the spookily realistic black-and-white illustrations throughout complete this slick, scary, funny package. [There are] delectable hints of age-appropriate, Lovecraftian otherness...with none of the purple prose."-- Kirkus Reviews "This first entry in a series is a fun read...The mysteries of Lovecraft offer plenty of excitement, and reluctant readers will likely stick around to see just how this story ends."-- School Library Journal "Fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."-- Publishers Weekly "Middle school memories won't be the same once you jump into Charles Gilman's Tales From Lovecraft Middle School series."-- Florida Times-Union " Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning."-- BookSlut "Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"--Wired.com's GeekDad "[ Tales from Lovecraft Middle School ] is highly entertaining."-- Horror News "The lenticular covers alone makes the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School books worth buying. But the books are really good, too."-- Super Punch "Ideal for middle schoolers or older, it's an action-packed paranormal treat, with lots of weird, unexplainable happenings."-- Lansing State Journal "These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."--Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and T he Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman , a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming."-- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "--Asbury Park Press blog " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."--Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI, "This isn't any school I'd want to attend! You'd think the powers-that-be would be satisfied with releasing one book to test the minds of our youth for ease of corruption, but no! They've got an entire series planned, with Slither Sisters: Tales From Lovecraft Middle School #2 due out early in 2013. I had hopes that our youth might be able to resist, but then the publishers go and use a bit of arcane knowledge to create a series of covers that are irresistible to human eyes! Turn the books in your hands and you get a morphing image that should give unspeakable nightmares to our children for months on end!"- Wired.com's GeekDad " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."-Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming..."- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "-Asbury Park Press blog "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly, "The lenticular covers alone makes the Tales From Lovercraft Middle School books worth buying. But the books are really good, too."- Super Punch "...highly entertaining..."- Horror News "Ideal for middle schoolers or older, it's an action-packed paranormal treat, with lots of weird, unexplainable happenings."- Lansing State Journal "This first entry in a series is a fun read...The mysteries of Lovecraft offer plenty of excitement, and reluctant readers will likely stick around to see just how this story ends."- School Library Journal " Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning."- BookSlut "These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."-Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and T he Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman , a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee "Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"-Wired.com's GeekDad " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."-Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming..."- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "-Asbury Park Press blog "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly, "Ideal for middle schoolers or older, it's an action-packed paranormal treat, with lots of weird, unexplainable happenings."- Lansing State Journal "This first entry in a series is a fun read...The mysteries of Lovecraft offer plenty of excitement, and reluctant readers will likely stick around to see just how this story ends."- School Library Journal " Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning."- BookSlut "These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."-Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and T he Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman , a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee "Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"-Wired.com's GeekDad " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."-Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming..."- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "-Asbury Park Press blog "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly, "Middle school memories won't be the same once you jump into Charles Gilman's Tales From Lovecraft Middle School series."- Florida Times-Union "The lenticular covers alone makes the Tales From Lovercraft Middle School books worth buying. But the books are really good, too."- Super Punch "...highly entertaining..."- Horror News "Ideal for middle schoolers or older, it's an action-packed paranormal treat, with lots of weird, unexplainable happenings."- Lansing State Journal "This first entry in a series is a fun read...The mysteries of Lovecraft offer plenty of excitement, and reluctant readers will likely stick around to see just how this story ends."- School Library Journal " Tales from Lovecraft Middle School is perfect for younger paranormal fans and a great way to have a good time that scares you just enough to keep the pages turning."- BookSlut "These books are hilarious and gross and charming and bizarre and, basically, totally entertaining."-Ben H. Winters, author The Mystery of the Everything and T he Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman , a Bank Street Best Book of 2011 and an Edgar Award nominee "Professor Gargoyle has all the hints and trappings of H.P.'s world, with a slight bit of danger, a good dosage of strange and peculiar monsters, and a great setting! We've all had a weird teacher during our years in school, so every young reader can totally identify with the first book in the series ... [And] the lenticular covers are amazing! ... I cannot imagine any kid walking by these books in the store or library and not picking it up for a closer look!"-Wired.com's GeekDad " Spooky illustrations and a unique book cover add to the horror of the strange world of Lovecraft Middle School, and no self-respecting kid would want to miss enrolling in this exciting series."-Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books & Hobbies, Oscoda, MI "Author Charles Gilman spins a web that draws in the reader with plot twists that are occasionally jarring and alarming..."- Montreal Gazette "If you liked Quirk's earlier publication, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (and who didn't?), you'll gobble this one up. Or down. Whichever way a gobble goes. "-Asbury Park Press blog "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly, "...fans of Goosebumps and other lightly creepy fare will look forward to spending more time with a series that even manages to find the dark side of recycling."- Publishers Weekly

Series Volume Number1

Age Range9-12

Grade fromFourth Grade

IllustratedYes

Dewey DecimalFic

Grade toSeventh Grade

Lc Classification NumberPz7.G4305pr 2012

Number of Pages160 Pages