SuitabookNightmare Academy
Dean Lorey
- Reading
- Pause after the sleepover threat or the entrance exam to check whether the peril feels exciting or unsettling. You could then read on together and notice how Charlie’s friends contribute.
- Themes
- Belonging and friendship: Charlie struggles to fit in, then finds a place at the Academy and gets help from new friends. The plot presents friendship and allies as part of how Charlie faces danger.
- A school for fighting monsters: The Academy trains people to use their gifts against monsters emerging from the Netherworld. The Academy provides the story’s central training setting and explains how its characters confront the supernatural threat.
- Worth knowing
- Monsters threaten children during a sleepover, and the story includes monster-fighting and a plot against Earth. Consider whether your reader is comfortable with peril and frightening creatures.