" meets in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller."

The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.

Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!

Charlie Laird has several problems.

1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.

2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.

3.He cant remember the last time sleeping wasnt a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.

What Charlie doesnt know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good nights sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking worldthats a line that should never be crossed.

And when your worst nightmares start to come true . . . well, thats something only Charlie can face. And hes going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good.

Praise for

Book one is a New York Times bestseller and Texas Bluebonnet nominee!

"Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and...readers will want to accompany him again."

"A touching comical saga...about facing things that go bump in the night."

"[] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure[It's] sweet, charming, and imaginative."

"Segel...and Miller build an entertaining, cartoony world full of scary (but not too scary) monsters, silly jokes, plucky kid heroes...with a promise of adventures to come."

"An engaging and creative story...woven with a generous amount [of] humor."

"There's humor and a fairly high ick-factor."

"Cleverly crafted...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'"