Nightmare Academy, Dean Lorey
Nightmare Academy, Dean Lorey
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Nightmare Academy

Author: Dean Lorey

Narrator: Oliver Wyman

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/21/2007


Synopsis

When Charlie Benjamin sleeps, monsters wake up.It's hard to fit in when your nightmares open portals to the Netherworld, where horrible creatures live—like the class 3 Netherstalker that invaded a sleepover and tried to eat the other children. Luckily there's a place for Charlie—the Nightmare Academy. Built from wrecked ships set in the branches of the world's most incredible tree fort, the Academy trains people to use their unique gifts to fight the monsters that rush in when the lights go out. But Charlie is far more powerful than anyone ever imagined, and his entrance exam opens a portal straight to the heart of the Netherworld, where ultimate evil plots Earth's destruction. He'll need all his cleverness—and the help of his new friends—to save himself and his family and to put these bad boys to bed once and for all. The monsters under your bed are real!But never fear—the Nightmare Academy will train Nethermancers and Banishers like you to destroy them!

About Dean Lorey

Dean Lorey is a Hollywood screenwriter whose credits include co-executive producer of the cult TV hit Arrested Development. He was inspired to write Nightmare Academy, his first series for young readers, by his personal enthusiasm for imagined worlds and video games. The first book in the trilogy, monster hunters, received the Southern California Booksellers' Award for Best Children's Novel of the Year. Dean Lorey lives in Calabasas, California, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Chris (first reader for the Nightmare Academy trilogy) and Alex (then too young to read).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather on May 09, 2010

A Very Harry Book. A hero with powerful and rare abilities who must go to a special school to learn to control those abilities. A school full of magically talented kids who take turns practicing on magical creatures. A headmaster who stands up for the integrity of her academy against the bureaucratic......more

Goodreads review by Alessandra on September 15, 2014

I think Dean Lorey did a fantastic job of Nightmare Academy! i love seeing the characters grow and find all the different challenges! Nightmare Academy teaches that no one is perfect and anyone can pursue their challenges!......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on February 17, 2008

Charlie’s imagination is so strong that when he has a nightmare, the nightmare creature gets portaled right into the room where he’s sleeping. This caused a lot of problems for Charlie, including his parents becoming both over-protective of him and very restrictive, isolating him from other people a......more

Goodreads review by Daanon on August 21, 2008

I think I get nervous anytime I see that a new author has a Hollywood background, so when I saw Nightmare Academy's gorgeous cover and slick website, I was prepared for a big movie treatment that lacked substance. A few friends had read the book though and said it was very good to excellent. After r......more