EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS

by Robert Gray

synopsis (from Amazon)

For fourteen-year-old Eve Hallows, life can be summed up in one word—horrible. She has the most horrible friends. She lives in a horrible old castle. Even her family is a bunch of horrible monsters. 

However, in the monster-inhabited world of Gravesville—a world where messages are sent through Ouija boards, jack-o’-lanterns get facials to suit their moods, and the worst thing Eve has to deal with are those annoying zombie tourists who overrun her favorite graveyard during the Halloween season—horrible means wonderful. And everything for Eve is perfectly horrible.

But her life is about to go head over heels when a mysterious group known as The Source starts terrorizing Gravesville. Now she must move to the human world—where everything is opposite ... and for Eve, that's absolutely adorable!

REVIEW BY DONNA AND LUCAS

WOW! What an absolutely horrible book (horrible meaning fantastic!)  Think The Munster's from the viewpoint of Marilyn- remember her?  The only strange and bizarre human in a family of perfect monsters!

Well, Eve's life is somewhat like that.  Mom is a Gorgon, Dad is a shapeshifter and brother Sam is a ghoul. Even the family pet Wolf is a werepig.  This book was laugh out loud funny.  I loved when Mom accidentally turned people to stone.  Dad's crazy attempts at running a pizza store were just hysterical.

Trouble began when the mysterious SOURCE started killing monsters and trying to steal the BOOK OF SHRIEKS.  Eve and her human friends had to help save the day.  I don't think the adventures are over for Eve and her buddies.  Looking forward to the next book in the series.  A wonderful book and we both recommend it to kids who love Halloween and funny/ghoulish stories.

My favorite laugh out loud quote from the book:::

"Zombies are the rudest, most annoying creatures.  And that whole brain-eating thing?  I don't care where you live, that's just poor manners."