NOTE: Zero scares! Topics include friendship, including everyone, feeling alone or new, etc. Characters may be jealous, but do not mock.

This is a collection of 16 unique short stories of different types, such as debates, "photos," anecdotes, and others, featuring the young residents of the island at Creep Cove; primarily but not limited to Elise, a young witch. These are ordinary monster-ish or mythical-magical children like you or me, who happened to be born (usually) with talents or abilities you might wish you had. But, as you will see, they have every-day problems too. (Although not always similar to human issues.)

Elise is a witch on her first visit to Creep Cove and Stubtoe Elementary school. She usually lives with her Dad in Belgium, but is spending time wiith her Mom for a couple of months.

One of my favorite stories is about two "monster" friends imagining a crisis in space with their toy figures. Terrible Choices is a "choose your adventure" story, which was unexpected near the end of the book. But it was fun.

4.4/5 Stars Fun and Entertaining Any Time! (October pending not required!)

Thanks to Random House Children's, Random House Books for Young Readers, and NetGalley for the temporary digital preview; any review is voluntary and my own opinion.

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This book has a lot of interesting creature-characters. And the interactive portions of the book were a pleasant distraction—particularly the choose-you-own-adventure chapter, which was a good bit of nostalgic fun.

This book will appeal to younger middle grade readers, with its simple language and concepts.

Particularly good for Halloween time, if readers are looking for a lighthearted story that features some traditional Halloween monsters, without the spooky factor.

Having purchased and read The Terribles #1: Welcome to Stubtoe Elementary with my son, I was happy to see another book from the same author. This lighthearted series is perfect for fans of the Rowley Jefferson books by Jeff Kinney. The ragtag group of monsters and humans in The Terribles (part 1 and 2) are entertaining without being overly gory, scary, or relying on crude jokes to gain favor with readers in the 8-12 year-old age range.