Paul Tremblay has a strong writing style for the horror genre, it was a great overall feel that was everything that I was looking for. It was suspenseful and enjoyed the overall story being told. It uses the children’s fiction element perfectly and had that supernatural element that I was looking for.

I need to make it a habit of reading more horror aimed for children because there's something about it that hits all the right fears. This book had me so anxious and upset, wanting so badly to protect my book son.

I can't wait for kids to read this and fall in love with being scared and just fall in love with reading! It was fast paced and the lore was so good.

This is my second Paul book, and I wasn't a fan of the first one I read, but this changed my tune. Maybe because it was aimed for a younger crowd his writing worked for me here? Who knows but this was a lot of fun to read.

Thank you to netgalley and Harper Collins for the arc!

This was written for a younger crowd, but as an adult I loved it.
It still had the Tremblay feel too it, just a bit scaled down, but this is absolutely a amazing way to let your middle school aged kid figure out if they like horror or not.l, with out you know, scarring them for life.

Story was great, had me hooked in, even as a older reader.
Very fun, I did feel a little dread as I read, I was not sure how Tremblay was going to handle the ending for a middle a middle school level, considering his adult endings, but it was well done and very age appropriate.

Would absolutely read more of this kinda writing even as an adult, was a great little quick read.

Paul Tremblay's middle grade debut, Another, is unlike his non-middle grade, full-on horror novels, obviously, but it's still full-on Tremblay, and I've gotta say: this one drummed up all the fear and dread, possibly more so than his other books, even.

I had planned my usual plan. That is, I was going to dive in, hit that first page, then keep on flying, flying, flying, greedily gobbling up the words like Ms. Pac-Man does pellets, racing to clear the board, finish the story, let it go all aswirl inside me and delight a cloudburst of sated synapses. I was going to do that. I had every intention of doing so, and, to be fair, I maybe probably sort of could've? What was stopping me, after all? That's when I realized how this book was hitting me, that the dread was creeping in, doing horror story mind tricks in my brain. The fear had taken hold. I was terrified.

Could Casey survive this strange sleepover? And, would he still be Casey?

It was getting to me, maybe got me wondering if I, too, could survive this.

So racing gave way to pacing. A couple chapters, then a break. This only lasted a couple cycles, though.

Damn the fear! I had to know what happened. I had to keep going. I had to. For Casey.

This novel, Another, is one for the ages, no doubt (and, were a book a club, it'd be all ages, too), but it is also, more importantly, a novel for now. We need this story for now and for going forward. We need all the hope and heart it contains, like we need each other.

And remember, "stories keep going."

ANOTHER is a seriously creepy novel made all the more so due to the intensely subtle terror, creeping on little cat feet like fog. I realize "intensely subtle" sounds like an oxymoron: just read ANOTHER and see. Reading it is equivalent to watching your mind collapse as reality busily skews itself around you. If you've read Paul Tremblay's masterpieces A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS and DISAPPEARANCE AT DEVIL'S ROCK, you're going to leap for joy when you start ANOTHER.

I will be 49 next month. So why am I reading a Middle Grade book?

1. I got an advanced copy from NetGalley.
2. I am an unapologetic Paul Tremblay fangirl, so I would have read it anyway.
3. I am extremely curious about what a PT Middle Grade book would be like, and if he intends to emotionally-devastate young minds.
4. I need to see if it’s finally time to get my nieces and nephews into reading PT.

It was really good! Maybe I need to get into Middle Grade books because they are really quick reads. And you know I love me a quick read.

I’ve always liked how PT writes kids… I’m talking to you, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock. So I knew that part of it would ring true. It’s also pretty creepy. Not ambiguous/emotionally-devastating like his adult stuff. But I thought it was pretty sophisticated (if that’s the right word) for that age group. Like, actually intelligent and challenging. (Not that I have other MG books to compare it to.)

On a personal note, this kid had transient tic disorder which I guarantee I had as a kid. I remember a teacher bringing it up to my parents. Never saw anyone about it, but eventually it went away. There’s a lot of good stuff here about loneliness and the struggle of being a kid. And the relationship between Casey and his sister was great.

I hope this gets traction with The Kids… and leads them to more PT when they’re old enough to handle emotional devastation.

Oooo. This is a fun one. I got Coraline vibes from it. Although it's middle grade, it's still crazy creepy. My elementary aged daughter loves scary stories so I'll share this one with her in a couple of years.

I did find some typos (missing words) throughout, but I know it's uncorrected.

Thanks for the ARC! Will review on goodreads and my Instagram @stressiereads this week!

A fun, quick read! Like a souped up Goosebumps book (complimentary). I know ambiguous endings are Paul Tremblay’s thing so I wasn’t sure how the ending would go in a middle grade format. I was very pleasantly surprised! (No spoilers for you.) I loved this, it was very Growing Things vibes.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.