A Home for Unusual Monsters, Shaun David Hutchinson
A Home for Unusual Monsters, Shaun David Hutchinson
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A Home for Unusual Monsters

Author: Shaun David Hutchinson

Narrator: Elena Rey

Unabridged: 7 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/11/2025

Synopsis

A girl who has spent her life in disguise tackles a mission that uncovers lies and surprises around every corner. Nothing is as it seems in the next cozily creepy monster mystery from acclaimed author Shaun David Hutchinson.

Sam Osborne may have helped her new friend Hector Griggs save St. Lawrence’s Catholic School for Boys from a terrifying monster, but she is still trying to prove herself as a member of Kairos, the secretive and shadowy government agency devoted to investigating the strange and unusual. And her unique ability to control how others see her makes her the perfect agent…if she can learn to play by Kairos’ rules.  

Her next mission? Use her powers of disguise to infiltrate the family of a former agent to find top secret information about monsters hiding in plain sight. But even though Sam is well versed in deception, she may not be prepared for the web of secrets she uncovers. Especially since she may not be the only one pretending to be someone—or something—she’s not. And once the clues are unraveled and the truth is revealed, the monsters she’s searching for might just be closer to home…

About The Author

Shaun was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on the first of May 1978. He was a bad student who enjoyed sleeping through class, debate, theater, and being a pain in the ass. In college, he studied medieval and renaissance literature before abandoning his degree to work in I.T. doing database design. Shaun is now a full-time author living in Seattle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by YSBR on March 18, 2025

In this next installment of the Kairos Files series, Hutchinson turns his attention to Sam Osborne, who was a supporting character in The School for Invisible Boys (2024). An aspiring agent in Kairos, a secret monster-fighting organization, Sam can make people believe she’s someone else. In this cas......more

Goodreads review by Cristy (Quinnbook) on February 11, 2025

What an amazing sequel, I loved that we picked up almost immediately after the first book. This time around we are following Samantha, who in the first book formed a friendship with Hector and other classmates from the first book. Samantha has a strong will to prove herself to the organization she w......more

Goodreads review by Wendi on November 15, 2024

This book was very easy to read for a middle school student. Its well written and keeps the reader engaged. I definitely felt it was hard to put down. I wish I would have read the first book to have a little more back story but I felt it was required. I was able to pick up the book and jump in. I fe......more

Goodreads review by Jay on March 06, 2025

Pretty good. Much less explicitly LGBT-themed than the first book (though we do get a little time with Hector) and it burns through a surprising amount of Kairos plot for what I assumed Hutchinson intended as an open-ended series, but it's a fun little story. I appreciate that it plays fair with the......more

Quotes

"[T]he worldbuilding is creative and detailed, and the various mysteries will keep pages turning." —Kirkus Reviews

"Brief chapters, intriguing dilemmas, and near-constant twists will keep readers on edge throughout this substantial addition to a thoroughly creepy and captivating adventure series." —The Horn Book

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