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The Monster Mall

#2 in series

by Drew Weing
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In the second volume of this beloved graphic novel series, Drew Weing delivers a fresh and funny take on the age-old battle between kids and closet-dwelling monsters.
Charles meets a lot of monsters in his line of work. While assisting Margo Maloo on her assignments, he's had close encounters with trolls, ghosts, imps, and ogres. And lately, they're all saying the same thing: living in Echo City is getting harder.
As the human population of the city grows, monsters are being forced to abandon their homes. Teenagers are creeping into their territory, smartphones in hand, eager to photograph paranormal activity. Some monsters are tired of hiding and ready to fight. How can Margo and Charles keep Echo City's monster community a secret, when it's teetering in the brink of war?
In this second volume of The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, graphic novelist Drew Weing delivers a fresh and funny take on the age-old battle between kids and closet-dwelling monsters.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 11, 2018

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781250222701
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.5
    • Lexile® Measure: 280
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 0-2

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      August 15, 2018
      In the sequel to The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo (2017), aspiring journalist Charles Thompson works closely with Margo Maloo, who resolves problems between children and the monsters they encounter. Eager to begin his Pulitzer quest, Charles begins to assist Margo in her work and discovers the secret world of monsters and is determined to show the world--through his blog--that they are not as dangerous as humans make them out to be. In episodic graphic chapters, Charles and Margo help Fyo, a baby imp, find his family and address the concerns of teenage vampires who live in an abandoned mall. While the child characters are representative of limited races--Charles is white, Margo is Indian-American, and Kevin is black--the often misunderstood monsters allow a lot more room for a lot more interpretation. Characters are deftly developed through dialogue bubbles and visually, the gremlinlike Fyo's distress at discovering his former home knocked down taken just as seriously as Margo's tender relationship with her elderly uncle, who appears to be slipping into dementia. The graphic narrative points out that different is not necessarily bad and that humans and monsters are afraid of one another primarily because of misinformation and miscommunication--a valuable lesson for human-human relations as well. (Graphic fantasy. 8-13)

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    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2019
      With humorous creeps, a diverse cast of characters, and fabulous cityscapes, this second graphic novel deepens the human/monster relationships in Echo City and explores urban renewal and human habitat incursions. Margo Maloo, monster mediator, again asks aspiring journalist Charles to assist in her monster awareness work, and together they help mall-dwelling teen vampires. Unresolved issues provide fodder for future installments.

      (Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.5
  • Lexile® Measure:280
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:0-2

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