Monster Movie is a middle grade book that I recently listened to the audiobook for and I rated it 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟! This book was the perfect mix of spooky and wholesome and I really loved the message about friendship and staying true to yourself! The narrator did a great job conveying the emotions portrayed throughout the book! 📺🫣

Ethan Pitowski is afraid of everything. Luckily, his best friends don’t mind, and when their entire class gets invited to watch a long-buried horror movie at the most popular boy in school’s house, Ethan’s friends encourage him to join in the fun. But when the “scariest movie ever made” reveals itself to be note just a movie about a monster, but a movie that IS a monster, only a terrified Ethan escapes its clutches. Now he must find a way to stop the monster and save his friends (and also, um, get their heads back).

This book publishes on 09/24/2024!

Thank you to @netgalley, @hachetteaudio, @littlebrownyoungreaders for an advanced copy!

This story is wild and weird. There were moments that I was not sure what I had gotten myself into. I loved the subtle messages woven in though. It is weird and creepy but not overly scary.

I listened to this book with my son! He absolutely loved it! He thought it was so funny! Of course any mention of poop and he’s laughing!

I saw a lot of myself in Ethan. I could really appreciate a lot of his inner monologue. As a fellow worrier, a lot of the things he worried about made sense to me. I was glad to see him overcome his worries and take big steps to do hard things! I think young readers will be able to relate to Ethan.

The spooky aspects of the story were fun and reminded me of Goosebumps books. A town full of people loosing their heads is just the right amount of horror for young readers. I can see lots of kids getting a kick out of this book!