Nightbooks

by J.A. White

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062560093
• ISBN13: 9780062560094
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

No Appeal

Just ok. Here is my issue: at the start of the book, none of the characters appealed to me. At all. I felt bad for the main character but he didn't have enough personality to tie me in. The cat snubbed him. The witch betrayed him. The girl snipped at him. As time went on, I began to hate every character. Characters have reasons. Characters evolve, and these characters did eventually evolve, but you have to start out with a best friend character or cute animal or the cinnamon roll protagonist people will grab pitchforks and hunt the author down to defend (not really, don't worry budding authors XD). When your book doesn't start out with a lovable or relatable character it deters people from reading. If you're going to start out with a completely dark beginning, it needs to be over quick. Within a chapter. People want that sliver of good in an otherwise dark world. Especially in a children's book, as I believe this is meant to be. Overall, not terrible, but not moorific. I give it two and a calf out of five cows.