Jessica's Monster Nightmare

Sweet Valley Kids #42

by Francine Pascal (Creator), Molly Mia Stewart, Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator)

Frightening dreams about a monster are keeping Jessica awake all night. The kids at school tease her when they hear she's having bad dreams, and that just makes her nightmares worse! How can Jessica get rid of the monster in her dreams so she can sleep again?

Genres: Childrens

74 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1993

About the author

Francine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a television series, which led to several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles were re-released decades later.

Reviews

[Robyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked how the class helped Jessica overcome her nightmares by each person drawing dorky articles of clothing on the monster Jessica drew. I wish all my nightmares were so easily fixed!

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little Jessica is so cute!

[Ruvi Perera · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an okay book

[Kylie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Poor Jessica is having horrible nightmares about a monster and is too scared to sleep at night. She’s tired at school, and Liz makes the mistake of letting slip Jess is having nightmares, which promptly gets her teased. Liz also lets slip in front of Steven, who wakes Jess up wearing a monster mask. Jerk. Anyway, Liz and her parents try to help but it doesn’t work. At school all the kids are drawing posters for Parents night, and teasing Jess. She decided to show them how scary the monster is (pic 2), and they all stop teasing her. When Jess falls asleep at her desk, Mrs Otis sends her to the nurses office. Liz explains the nightmares, and Mrs O has a great (somewhat Harry Potter) idea. The class start drawing ridiculous things on the poster (pic 3) to make it less scary. It works! That night, Steven (feeling bad) suggests a silly name for the monster, and they finally decide on Toodle-loo Tinkertops. Jessica’s nightmares are gone! The next day Mrs O tells them the monster poster was chosen for parents night because it was a class collaboration.
My rating - 5/10 - this one was great, and definitely some ideas I’ll be using with my kids!

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

as twins they comfort each other.

[Jena · Rating 5 out of 5]

one of my favorites when i was a kid :)