The Sleepwalker Tonic

"Coraline" meets "Monsters, Inc." in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller. "Publishers Weekly, "on book one in the series Stay up late with the hilariously frightening middle-grade novel "Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic." If you snooze, you lose! Charlie Laird has a dream life. 1) He has a weirdo stepmom who runs an herbarium. 2) He lives in a purple mansion with a portal to the Netherworld. 3) Since they escaped from the Netherworld, he and his best friends have been sleeping like babies. But Charlie can t shake the feeling that something strange is afoot. Charlotte s herbarium used to be one of the busiest stores in Cypress Creek. Now her loyal following is heading to Orville Falls for their herbal potions. Weirder, though, Orville Falls is suddenly filled with . . . "zombies"? At least, they sure "look" like the walking dead. Rumor has it that no one s sleeping in Orville Falls. And Charlie knows what that means. Things are getting freaky again. Praise for the Nightmares!" "series Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and . . . readers will want to accompany him again. "The New York Times Book Review" A touching comical saga . . . about facing things that go bump in the night. "US Weekly " ["Nightmares!"] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure. . . . [It s] sweet, charming, and imaginative. "Kirkus Reviews""