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Peter and the Monsters #9-13
Peter and the Frankenstein
For fans of J.K. Rowling (the HARRY POTTER series), Darren Shan (CIRQUE DU FREAK), R.L. Stine (the GOOSEBUMPS series), and Stephen King (IT)!
Volume Three in the PETER AND THE MONSTERS series! Follow the adventures started in PETER AND THE VAMPIRES (Volume One) and PETER AND THE WEREWOLVES (Volume Two)!
Tragedy has struck Peter’s best friend Dill. In his effort to help, Grandfather might have actually made things worse. But help is on the way in the form of a new ally, and important information surfaces that might explain the Curse now haunting Peter and his family.
In this volume, Peter battles more supernatural mayhem, including:
A scientist who pieces together a family of monstrous creations…
A pack of small creatures that kill the local baker, and plan to make Peter their next victim…
Peter’s own dark side, which rears its ugly head in a violent rampage…
A mysterious ‘snow demon’ out of Native American legend that menaces Peter on a ski trip…
And a couple of ‘walking dead’ who try to put Peter in the morgue during a visit to the hospital.
The PETER AND THE VAMPIRES series is for teens and adults who, when they were kids, were looking for stories that kicked butt. The protagonist might be young, but the stories are dark, funny, and edge-of-your-seat suspenseful.
PETER AND THE FRANKENSTEIN is the third in an ongoing series that includes PETER AND THE VAMPIRES (Volume 1) and PETER AND THE WEREWOLVES (Volume 2). This book is 150,000 words (450+ pages) and contains some mild language, violence, and scary situations.
Volume Three in the PETER AND THE MONSTERS series! Follow the adventures started in PETER AND THE VAMPIRES (Volume One) and PETER AND THE WEREWOLVES (Volume Two)!
Tragedy has struck Peter’s best friend Dill. In his effort to help, Grandfather might have actually made things worse. But help is on the way in the form of a new ally, and important information surfaces that might explain the Curse now haunting Peter and his family.
In this volume, Peter battles more supernatural mayhem, including:
A scientist who pieces together a family of monstrous creations…
A pack of small creatures that kill the local baker, and plan to make Peter their next victim…
Peter’s own dark side, which rears its ugly head in a violent rampage…
A mysterious ‘snow demon’ out of Native American legend that menaces Peter on a ski trip…
And a couple of ‘walking dead’ who try to put Peter in the morgue during a visit to the hospital.
The PETER AND THE VAMPIRES series is for teens and adults who, when they were kids, were looking for stories that kicked butt. The protagonist might be young, but the stories are dark, funny, and edge-of-your-seat suspenseful.
PETER AND THE FRANKENSTEIN is the third in an ongoing series that includes PETER AND THE VAMPIRES (Volume 1) and PETER AND THE WEREWOLVES (Volume 2). This book is 150,000 words (450+ pages) and contains some mild language, violence, and scary situations.
- GenresParanormalHumorFantasy
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First published May 9, 2011
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Darren Pillsbury
63 books45 followersDarren used to watch movies for a living. It's not as fun as it sounds. Now he writes the YA horror/comedy series PETER AND THE MONSTERS, about a 10-year-old boy who moves into his grandfather's creepy old mansion and bad, baaaaad things start to happen. PETER AND THE VAMPIRES (Volume One) is currently free on Amazon.
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March 11, 2018Frankensteins, plural. yes. and not all of them are strictly humanoid. Ah, the curiosities of the deranged yet brilliant mind. great book, part of a series, gotta read em all!
December 20, 2021
Just remember that Frankenstein was the scientist AND the monster
After the events of the last story, Peter, Dill and Grandfather find themselves in need of a scientist to better understand Dill's condition. Enter Hans Veedermeier; a man's who cheerful and upbeat nature are almost equal to his intellect, ego...and taste for the less picturesque side of nature. Veedermeier took one look at Victor Frankenstein's body of work and said," How quaint!" Five stars!
After the events of the last story, Peter, Dill and Grandfather find themselves in need of a scientist to better understand Dill's condition. Enter Hans Veedermeier; a man's who cheerful and upbeat nature are almost equal to his intellect, ego...and taste for the less picturesque side of nature. Veedermeier took one look at Victor Frankenstein's body of work and said," How quaint!" Five stars!
July 30, 2023
This was an excellent read. I enjoyed it and so did my son and daughter. It was full of action and adventure as are all of the Peter and Dill stories. Read it, you will love it too.
September 28, 2013
Peter and the Frankenstein
In order to solve Dill's little problem (see Vol. 2), Peter's grandfather calls a friend of his, one Dr. Veedermeier. However, Peter soon discovers the good doctor has secrets of his own. This story starts out on a light note, but turns dark very quickly. I loved the variation on the Frankenstein's monsters that we see in this story, although they are very disturbing. Dr. V is a fun character, I hope we see more of him in the future.
Peter and the Gingerbread Men
A few weeks after the Frankenstein incident, the baker is murdered. Dill wants to see a CSI team at work and drags Peter to the crime scene. But what they find instead is an army of cute little Gingerbread men, who attack Dill and Peter. The boys barely manage to escape. They return in the morning with their grandfather in tow and discover that someone set the baker up with a magic formula for creating golems. Unfortunately, before they do anything about it, grandfather is arrested by the police for disturbing the scene of a crime. The boys are again attacked, and are only saved by the intervention of a few old friends. I'll do my best to avoid spoilers, but at the end of this story Peter and Dill make a new friend.
Peter and the Dark Side
After a bad day at school, Peter wishes he were bad so he could get back at his mean teacher and the bullies at school. The next day, it seems his wish comes true. The majority of this story is told from Dill's POV, and I really enjoyed being as his head (as opposed to Peter's) as he reacts to evil-Peter's school-day shenanigans. In fact, I hope we get more stories from Dill's POV in the future. The whole gang must team up to stop Evil-Peter before he ruins the Christmas parade - and Peter's reputation!
Peter and the Yeti
Peter and the gang head to Mount Woccaminoa for a school ski-trip (although Dill hilariously referes to the Mountain as Mt. Wocca Wocca for the entire book - and the Yeti as the Wocca-wocca). At first Peter's grandfather refuses to let Peter go because Woccaminoa means 'Snow demon' in the native Indian tongue. However, Peter's mom over-rules grandfather (because of course they don't tell her about Peter's monster problems or about the name of the mountain) and insists that Peter can go on the trip.
The first night Peter sees the monster from afar. The next day, things go wrong and Peter and Dill end up captured by the monster. Now they face death by monster or hypothermia unless they can escape an entire family of Yeti!
Peter and the Morgue
After their brush with death on Mount Woccaminoa, Peter and Dill are taken to the local hospital. Dill is totally unharmed, but Peter has frostbite and must stay overnight in the hospital - alone. Now the bodies in the morgue on the 2nd floor have come back from the grave to kill Peter. He must escape with his life - without the help of his friends he has come to rely on so much.
This volume fixes one of the problems I had with volume 2 by really jump starting the over-arcing plot narrative. We find out more about the curse on Peter, more history of the family, and a lot more information about Peter's grandfather. The mysterious phrase uttered by the Psycho trick-or-treaters, 'the boss says one more year,' is explained.
On the whole, this volume is also darker than the proceeding narrative, which I like. I also like that not every monster is of the traditional variety. The story Peter and the Dark Side is my favorite out of this collection for this very reason. Peter and the Morgue is the weakest story in this collection by far, but it is also a freebie (every other collection only had 4 stories, but the inclusion of Peter and the Morgue clocks this bunch in at 5 stories, so I can't really complain.)
This volume is another solid entry into the series, and I highly recommend it if you enjoyed the first two volumes!
In order to solve Dill's little problem (see Vol. 2), Peter's grandfather calls a friend of his, one Dr. Veedermeier. However, Peter soon discovers the good doctor has secrets of his own. This story starts out on a light note, but turns dark very quickly. I loved the variation on the Frankenstein's monsters that we see in this story, although they are very disturbing. Dr. V is a fun character, I hope we see more of him in the future.
Peter and the Gingerbread Men
A few weeks after the Frankenstein incident, the baker is murdered. Dill wants to see a CSI team at work and drags Peter to the crime scene. But what they find instead is an army of cute little Gingerbread men, who attack Dill and Peter. The boys barely manage to escape. They return in the morning with their grandfather in tow and discover that someone set the baker up with a magic formula for creating golems. Unfortunately, before they do anything about it, grandfather is arrested by the police for disturbing the scene of a crime. The boys are again attacked, and are only saved by the intervention of a few old friends. I'll do my best to avoid spoilers, but at the end of this story Peter and Dill make a new friend.
Peter and the Dark Side
After a bad day at school, Peter wishes he were bad so he could get back at his mean teacher and the bullies at school. The next day, it seems his wish comes true. The majority of this story is told from Dill's POV, and I really enjoyed being as his head (as opposed to Peter's) as he reacts to evil-Peter's school-day shenanigans. In fact, I hope we get more stories from Dill's POV in the future. The whole gang must team up to stop Evil-Peter before he ruins the Christmas parade - and Peter's reputation!
Peter and the Yeti
Peter and the gang head to Mount Woccaminoa for a school ski-trip (although Dill hilariously referes to the Mountain as Mt. Wocca Wocca for the entire book - and the Yeti as the Wocca-wocca). At first Peter's grandfather refuses to let Peter go because Woccaminoa means 'Snow demon' in the native Indian tongue. However, Peter's mom over-rules grandfather (because of course they don't tell her about Peter's monster problems or about the name of the mountain) and insists that Peter can go on the trip.
The first night Peter sees the monster from afar. The next day, things go wrong and Peter and Dill end up captured by the monster. Now they face death by monster or hypothermia unless they can escape an entire family of Yeti!
Peter and the Morgue
After their brush with death on Mount Woccaminoa, Peter and Dill are taken to the local hospital. Dill is totally unharmed, but Peter has frostbite and must stay overnight in the hospital - alone. Now the bodies in the morgue on the 2nd floor have come back from the grave to kill Peter. He must escape with his life - without the help of his friends he has come to rely on so much.
This volume fixes one of the problems I had with volume 2 by really jump starting the over-arcing plot narrative. We find out more about the curse on Peter, more history of the family, and a lot more information about Peter's grandfather. The mysterious phrase uttered by the Psycho trick-or-treaters, 'the boss says one more year,' is explained.
On the whole, this volume is also darker than the proceeding narrative, which I like. I also like that not every monster is of the traditional variety. The story Peter and the Dark Side is my favorite out of this collection for this very reason. Peter and the Morgue is the weakest story in this collection by far, but it is also a freebie (every other collection only had 4 stories, but the inclusion of Peter and the Morgue clocks this bunch in at 5 stories, so I can't really complain.)
This volume is another solid entry into the series, and I highly recommend it if you enjoyed the first two volumes!
November 10, 2014
These stories are excellent, my son, wife and I can see our family members in the characters. I haven't read one story that wasn't well received. Our whole household is a fan of this author. He's got some of the best kids books available.
December 22, 2015
Great series!!! More for adults....creepy at times!! Happy Reading :)
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