Nightbooks

De: J. A. White

Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne

A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling.

Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He’s loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don’t have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he’s desperate for a different ending - and a way out of this twisted place.

This modern spin on the Scheherazade story is perfect for fans of Coraline and A Tale Dark and Grimm. With interwoven tips on writing with suspense, adding in plot twists, hooks, interior logic, and dealing with writer’s block, this is the ideal audiobook for budding writers and all fans of delightfully just-dark-enough tales.

Summer 2018 Kids' Indie Next List

YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nomination

2019-2020 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award

2020 Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee

Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year 2019 (9-12)

2020-2021 Missouri Association of School Librarians Truman Readers Award Preliminary Nominee

Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2020-2021

©2018 J. A. White (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

Night books are the best

I love night books because of the characters and the characteristics of Yasmin and Alex

Darker than expected.

A twisted story. Lives depend on scary stories. A disappearing cat. A good choice for a Halloween spook.

Great read! Couldn’t stop listening!

Great story full of adventure, spine-tingling, and courage! I loved it! It’s on the Bluebonnet list this year.

Deliciously dark

The more I hear from this author, the more impressed O become. The stories are twisted and dark, yet beautiful. He's a master storyteller that needs more recognition.

Actually pretty scary

I was planning on reading this with my eight year old, but it is actually pretty scary. The book is well written, and had me the adult totally sucked into the story. I’ll save this for when my child is a little older.

More like, NightHOOKS

This book grabs you from the very beginning. As a 31 year old guy who absolutely loves horror i was worried that it would be too childish, but it wasn't. It actually had a spooky moment or two and was just over all very enjoyable. I cant wait to share this book with my nephew....when he's a little bit older haha. Hopefully the movie is anywhere near as good as this book.

Nightbooks

This was a great story and I really can not wait to watch the movie!

Pleasantly Surprised.

I honestly did not know what to expect. I bought this book after seeing the trailer for the movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it! The narrator was okay, but that was the only thing that I could even think about complaining about. I highly recommend this book, and i'm definitely going to be checking out some more by this author.

Just the right amount of creepy

I really enjoyed the shorter horror stories that Alex wrote and I wish there had been more of them. The actual story sucked me in in the beginning, but lost steam about halfway through. The end really picked up again though and I found myself back on the edge of my seat. A really fun story, even in scary stuff isn't really your thing.

Creepy but hopeful!

My children loved the stories with in the story. This book inspires creative writing. Well read!