Review + Giveaway – THE SCHOOL IS ALIVE by Jack Chabert
THE SCHOOL IS ALIVE! (Eerie Elementary #1)
by Jack Chabert
Genre: Children’s Chapter Book, Scary Stories
Publisher: Scholastic (June 2014)
Format: Paperback, $2.97 on Amazon
Summary
Eerie Elementary is one scary school!
This 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-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!
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!
Author Jack Chabert is a pen name for Max Brallier. Max is the author of more than twenty books for children, including the Galactic Hot Dogs and The Last Kids on Earth middle-grade series. He lives in New York City with his wife, Alyse.
CM McCoy’s Review
Fun, picture-filled pages, perfect to read to pre-schoolers/Kindergarteners/First Graders.
THE SCHOOL IS ALIVE (Eerie Elementary #1) by Jack Chabert, is an early reader with black and white illustrations throughout. My 5-year-old loves illustrated books about kids, and the quirky title/cover of this book caught his eye and the creepy story line held his attention.
Sam Graves and his two friends, Lucy & Antonio, are students at Eerie Elementary School, where Sam discovers the school is trying to eat the students. As Hall Monitor, it’s up to Sam to fight the school and save the students. In this installment, during the class play, the stage and props come to life and try to swallow the students.
I read this book to my 5-year-old son, who loved looking at the pictures as I read. Though this is marketed as a book for newly independent young readers, I saw more than a few large words that might be too advanced for a young reader. But as a book read out loud to a pre-schooler, it was perfect. The chapters are numbered with digits, which made my son happy that he could “read” which chapter we were about to start. The print is large enough to point out some sight words for him too.
I’d recommend this book for parents who like to read to their pre-schoolers/kindergardeners/first graders, and especially for kids who like adventure and won’t be scared by a dark tale with a student-eating villain.
4.5 Stars
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I would go on to school
I’d choose home schooling.
I would go on to school
homeschool
I would still go to school
I’d choose home schooling.
Home schooling for sure.
I wou ld stop it !
I would ask to be homeschooled.
I would continue going to that school.
What a fun story! My grandson would definitely keep going to school rather than have me homeschool him. He loves school. It’s also the same school his aunts went to as well as I built the schools butterfly garden and kindergarten gardens. He likes everyone knowing him even though he’s only in kindergarten!
I’d definitely try to stop it. My Dad taught me to face trouble ( be it physical or emotional) head on, it’s the only way to fix it, so even as tweens, my sisters and I were riding on ambulances as ECA& EMT’s by special dispensation ( due to living in a tiny town away from any major hospital care. So i can honestly say I’d run toward the problem
Sounds so cute!!! My 1st grader would LOVE this book!! 😀❤
I think there are a few students I would let get eaten before I stepped in to stop the monster. Is that bad??? Lol.
hahahahaha
I would still go to school .
If my old elementary school was alive and trying to eat the students, and I was the only student who could stop it, I would continue going to school and find out how to stop the alive part of the school.
I really love my Mom, she is a great teacher, and she will find a solution!
I would keep going to school so I could save my friends!!!
If I had had the option, I would still prefer my public school rather than home schooling.
I would definitely want to be homeschooled!
P.S. You are the one that’s awesome Thanks for the free entry 🙂
I’d probably ask to be home-schooled at the time because I didn’t like school too much because of the other kids anyway