Mothman

by Q.L. Pearce

Paranormal encounters fascinate young readers, and this exciting series is devoted to them. Heavily illustrated and clearly written, each book presents phenomena such as aliens, ghosts and werewolves. Eyewitness accounts are paired with alternative explanations and other elements of reasoning, accompanied by critical thinking sidebars, color photographs, illustrations and diagrams.

Genres: Nonfiction

48 pages, Library Binding

First published September 2, 2010

About the author

Best selling author and expert on all things that go bump in the night, Q. L. Pearce began her career as a writer and editor in 1985 with Lowell House / Roxbury Press in Los Angeles. She has since written more than one hundred and twenty books for children, including eight collections of scary stories for middle grade and film tie-in books for the Fox animated film Titan AE and the Universal animated series Land Before Time. Q believes strongly in the value of scary books for young readers. When asked what credentials she has which qualify her as an expert in this area she replies, "I was a child once. That was very scary."

Reviews

[Cameron Chaney · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a lot better than the last Mothman book I read. It has some interesting information and is a fun little read, but still, the information is nothing new. It is a tiny children's book after all. I don't recommend this book to anyone who's already familiar with the Mothman legend, but if it's something you're new to, this would be a good start.

FINAL VERDICT: 2.75 stars

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Mothman is one of the eeriest monsters of the last century. In this book we read about two sights in November, the creature, frightening encounters, the Silver Bridge, Thunderbird, origins and sightings, the bird man in India, Mothman in Art and film (e.g. Jeepers Creepers or the Mothman Prophesies). Together with many excellent photos and illustrations the essential work you have to read. Highly recommended!

[tyrannosaurus_reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple way of explaining the mothman which was nice. I read this because Point Pleasant is near where I live so I wanted more information on a local legend. This book was a quick guide to it which helped me not get bogged down with too much details. My one complaint is I think it should have art of mothman along with the pictures of the places/people.

[Amy the book-bat · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is part of the Mysterious Encounters series. It is written on a level for about 4th or 5th grade. There isn't really any new information that can't be found in other sources. If you are unfamiliar with Mothman, then this book would be an ok introduction to the subject. My son is planning to write a paper for his language arts class about Mothman since we live near the area where the bulk of the sightings took place, but I am not too sure this book will be all that helpful. Maybe we will go to the Mothman museum to get more information. I think what bothers me is that the author didn't take a stand one way or the other and just ended the book with a bunch of questions.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty interesting stuff.

[Maritza Lopez]

Book Name: Mothman By: Q.L. pearce
Introduction:
Attention Grabber (use a quote from the book, start with the title and brief description, a question:
Genre:
Mystery
Did you like it? I like this book
YES OR NO:


Have you ever had to stay overnight to camp and heard a weird noise? I enjoyed the book Mothman by Q.L Pearce because it was scary and it had mystery.


Body Paragraph:


Rising Action
A young woman was driving when a tall man stepped on the road. She was scared so she hit the breaks but but the car went slow huge wings unfolded on the man's back and he rocketed in the air.


Climax: turning point of the story, the most exciting part!
Several mothman sightings occurred in dark woods.


Falling action
There is no falling action


Resolution: What happened in the end
People are still trying to find mothman so they go to West Virginia.


Location
West Virginia
Time period
1960s
Summary of the entire book
The book Mothman by Q.L Pearce was a mystery about Mothman. The main characters were mothman. Mothman is scary because he can hypnotize you if you look in his eyes. I thought this book was great because and mothman can hypnosis. It took place in West Virginia in the 1960’s.






Analysis:
CLAIM about the book


EVIDENCE quote from text/explanation
This book was a mystery.


In the text it states: “some people said that they had evidence but when they pull the evidence out it was gone.
Opinion
OPINION about the book


EVIDENCE quote from text/explanation or reasons
The mothman is real.
In the text it states, “Several people say that they saw mothman.”
The mothman sounds creepy.
In the text it states, “Mothman has a red eyes and is 7 feet tall.”

Rating ( 1-5 stars)
5 out of 5 stars
Reason behind how many stars did you rate the book?
I gave this book 5 stars because there are some that people don’t have the answer to moth creatures.
Recommendation:
YES OR NO: Yes.
Reason why behind your recommendation:
I would recommend this book because it is great. I think people who like to read mysteries would enjoy Mothman.

Suggestion for action:

This book is great for people who like horror. I suggest if you enjoy mystery books you should read Mothman by Q.L Pearce!