Sam Battles the Machine!

Eerie Elementary #6

by Jack Chabert, Sam Ricks (Illustrations)

There's a creepy new teacher at Eerie Elementary! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, 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 book 6, a mysterious substitute teacher arrives at Eerie Elementary. Sam, Lucy, and Antonio think he must be up to no good! They follow him and discover he lives in mad scientist Orson Eerie's old house! And he's building a strange machine! Who is this substitute teacher? Is he trying to free Orson -- to somehow bring him back to life for real?! Sam and his friends are about to find out!

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Horror, Middle Grade, School, Fiction, Paranormal

96 pages, Paperback

Published May 30, 2017

Reviews

[✦BookishlyRichie✦ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why is this becoming one of my favorite series??? lol it's so fun and spooky.

[zapkode · Rating 5 out of 5]

{My thoughts} – I’ve come to love these Eerie Elementary books. In this one Sam’s class ends up getting a substitute teacher. The teacher ends up being a relative of Orson Eerie the guy that possesses the school.

The three hall monitors Sam, Lucy and Antonio discover the new substitute is actually on their side. Because of this the four of them work together to try and undo what Orson Eerie had done all those years ago that had allowed him the ability to make the school come alive.

If you’d like to know what happens you’ll need to read the book. Like the previous books in the series, I found it to be very much engaging for the reader. I look forward to reading more books in this series in the future.

I recommend this book for any beginner reader that is interested in slightly scary stories.

[Sam The Book Dog · Rating 4 out of 5]

A substitute teacher takes over for Sam, Antonio, and Lucy's third grade classroom. With a terrible unsettled feeling, the trio realize the substitute looks familiar. He looks exactly like Orson Eerie—the mad scientist that had made the school come alive and was trying to come back to life himself! Was he really Orson Eerie somehow? Was he Orson Eerie's grandson? Was he a zombie? Will he be a help or a hindrance to their efforts to keep the school from eating the students or preventing Orson Eerie from coming back to life? In this sixth book of the Eerie Elementary series, Sam and his friends try to remove Orson Eerie from the school. When this doesn't go according to plan, the trio have to use whatever supplies they can find in the art room to survive yet another encounter with their nemesis.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a twist! My child really liked speculating about this books as we read. Who is Jasper Eerie, will the machine work, is it going to be over?

But, as I have said, he vocalized "there are only 10 of these books, right , Dad?" Not sure if he meant it as I want more, or I want this to wrap up tidyily.

Hopefully the latter.

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book was the best book in the series so far. This book was better than the other books in the series because part of the scene was also OUT of Eerie Elementary. Overall, I think it was a pretty good book.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I liked the part when Sam, Antonio, Lucy, and Jasper Eerie finally finished a machine to separate Orson Eerie from Eerie Elementary. I did not like this book because I do not like Orson Eerie.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Son says:

This book was a really good one. The end was really good. It was pretty freaky to hear Orson Eerie talk as the school. A new character, Jasper is a pretty cool dude and his great- great grandfather was Orson Eerie. I don't know why Jasper is good and Orson's bad.

[Nam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good. I knew there would be a twist, but I wasn't expecting that particular twist. I did enjoy the ending, though.

[Laurel Pate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and full of mysteries!!

[Juan · Rating 5 out of 5]

More good stuff in Eerie Elementary and this one takes the series up a notch.

[Raena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one introduces a new character and a new setting that I think will make for some interesting development moving forward.

[Julianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book for disengaged readers who love adventure, short chapters and “need pictures”

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are loving this series! Can't wait to start the next.

[Steve Rabideau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again, my kids loved it! On to the next one!

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great

[PixieART · Rating 5 out of 5]

" It was a good book I definitely recommend it if you like action with a little mystery. " - My 8 year old son loves this book series. Great for all ages.

[Kathy Oaster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story. Great for elementary students.

[Fenco Chen]

Lexile®: 580L, 6011W, 90%, 6y5m

[Colin]

It is good 💯

[Jen Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter enjoyed this and wants to read more of the series!

[Debra (Dragon Nanny) Phiri · Rating 5 out of 5]

The twins were especially excited about the characters fighting a machine!
Another great read! Loving this series!

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another cute story I read with my grandson. Sam battles a machine with the help of Orion Eerie great great grandson.

[Sara Plater · Rating 4 out of 5]

“What do you rate the book?” -me
“Twenty.” -JJ

[Shelby Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading in my classroom. Kids have loved the entire series so far!

[Kimberly Knispel]

This is one of my favorite series.