The School Is Alive!
Author: Jack Chabert
Illustrator: Sam Ricks
Book 1 in the Eerie Elementary series
Pages: 96
Published: 2014
Age: 6+
Eerie Elementary is one scary school!
In this first book in the series, Sam Graves discovers that his elementary school is ALIVE! Sam finds this out on his first day as the school hall monitor. Sam must defend himself and his fellow students against the evil school! Is Sam up to the challenge? He'll find out soon enough: the class play is just around the corner. Sam teams up with friends Lucy and Antonio to stop this scary school before it's too late!
About the Eerie Elementary Series
Books in series order
- 1.The School Is Alive!(2014)
- 2.The Locker Ate Lucy!(2014)
- 3.Recess is a Jungle!(2016)
- 4.The Science Fair is Freaky!(2016)
- 5.School Freezes Over!(2016)
- 6.Sam Battles the Machine!(2017)
- 7.Classes Are Canceled!(2017)
- 8.The Hall Monitors Are Fired!(2018)
- 9.The Art Show Attacks!(2018)
- 10.The End of Orson Eerie?(2019)
Reading age: 6+ years
This series should be read in order.
Sam Graves is just another regular kid at a regular (although kinda creepy) elementary school . . . until his first day as hall monitor when he learns a deep, dark secret about his so-called-ordinary school. It's ALIVE! Now Sam and his best friends Lucy and Antonio must defend themselves and their fellow students against the evil school!
This creepy and hilarious series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high engaging stories and illustrations on every page, Eerie Elementary books will boost the confidence and stamina of early readers.