Description

In this second book in the Scary School series, the students of Scary School are off to Monster Forest.

School may be scary, but the forest has a few frights of its own, including bearodactyls; Captain Pigbeard, fearsome leader of the Monster-Pirates; and his fiancée, Princess Zogette. When Zogette falls in love with Charles and follows him to Scary School, Captain Pigbeard raises his army in pursuit. But what the monster army doesn’t realize is that the teachers and students of Scary School are even more frightening than anything in the Monster Forest.

Fans of the Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast series and the Bailey School books will love the way the Scary School series for middle-grade readers mixes spooky scares and laughs.


One rule-following kid. One monstrous princess who won’t take no for an answer. And a whole army of angry monster-pirates ready for war.


  • Reluctant Hero: Charles Nukid just wants to follow the rules. Now he’s accidentally engaged to a monster princess and has started an all-out war.
  • Scary But Funny Books for Kids: Laugh out loud at monster-pirates, bearodactyls, and a school where the teachers are just as terrifying as the monsters attacking it.
  • Teamwork and Friendship: The students of Scary School must band together, using every crazy trick they know to defend their classrooms from a monster invasion.
  • Kids Action & Adventure: Get ready for a fast-paced quest through the treacherous Monster Forest and a final battle that pits the world’s scariest students against an unstoppable army.

About the author(s)

Derek the Ghost is an eleven-year-old ghost who haunts the classrooms and hallways of Scary School writing down all the spine-tingling, often hilarious things that go on there. He is the author of Scary School and Scary School #2: Monsters on the March. Despite his ghostly state, Derek still enjoys reading comic books and hopes to one day become a master ninja. If that doesn't work out, he will continue to share the fun of this very special, very secret school, so all kids can experience the scariest school on earth.

Scott M. Fischer has illustrated many books, including the New York Times bestselling Peter Pan in Scarlet, Jump!, Animals Anonymous, and the Secrets of Dripping Fang series. Scott graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, daughter, dog, cat, goldfish, and a cockatoo named Fred.

Reviews

Praise for Scary School: “I died laughing. Weird monsters in silly situations. Why didn’t I think of that?” - Dan Gutman, author of My Weird School and The Genius Files

Praise for Scary School: “Spooky, ooky, and kooky, Scary School reminds me of my middle school.” - Chris Grabenstein, award-winning author of the Haunted Mysteries series

Praise for Scary School: “Scary School is the perfect combination of hilarious and terrifying. It’s hilarifying!” - E.J. Altbacker, author of the Shark Wars series

Praise for Scary School: “For fans of the Wayside and Bailey School series, the Zack Files, [and] Ghostville Elementary.” - Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Scary School: “[T]his is a laugh-out-loud offering that should find a broad and appreciative audience among boys and girls alike.” - Booklist

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