Monster Hunters
Author: Dean Lorey
Illustrator: Brandon Dorman
Book 1 in the Nightmare Academy series
Pages: 336
Published: 2007
Age: 10+
When Charlie Benjamin sleeps, monsters wake up.
It's hard to fit in when your nightmares open portals to the Netherworld, where horrible creatures live—like the class 3 Netherstalker that invaded a sleepover and tried to eat the other children. Luckily there's a place for Charlie—the Nightmare Academy. Built from wrecked ships set in the branches of the world's most incredible tree fort, the Academy trains people to use their unique gifts to fight the monsters that rush in when the lights go out. But Charlie is far more powerful than anyone ever imagined, and his entrance exam opens a portal straight to the heart of the Netherworld, where ultimate evil plots Earth's destruction. He'll need all his cleverness—and the help of his new friends—to save himself and his family and to put these bad boys to bed once and for all. The monsters under your bed are real!
But never fear—the Nightmare Academy will train Nethermancers and Banishers like you to destroy them!
Note: This book was published as Nightmare Academy: Charlie's Monsters in the U.K.
SCIBA award for Best Children’s Novel (2006)
About the Nightmare Academy Series
Books in series order
- 1.Monster Hunters(2007)
- 2.Monster Revenge(2008)
- 3.Monster War(2009)
Reading age: 10+ years
This series should be read in order.
When Charlie Benjamin's nightmares bring monsters to Earth, he gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn to control his powers at the incredible Nightmare Academy.
An unexpected crisis during Charlie's entrance exam, catapults him into action-packed adventure on behalf of The Nightmare Academy, an organization that trains gifted children to help contain nightmare creatures - brought into world via children's bad dreams - and banish them to the Netherworld. Then monsters under your bed are real!
But never fear - the Nightmare Academy will train Nethermancers and Banishers like you to destroy them! Join Charlie and his friends as they battle evil in this fast-paced, action-packed series.
Note: Dean Lorey has plans to write another three books in this series, but the time-frame is indefinite.