Huge bookshelves twisted along the perimeter like the walls of a labyrinth…” A steel-and-glass ceiling arched grandly overhead, filling the room with a warm natural light. 35 – The Lovecraft Middle School library was nearly as big as the gymnasium. But that’s not the weirdest part! The gigantic school library has a secret attic and Robert sees his science teacher, Professor Garfield Goyle, eat a hamster! After a monster with tentacles emerges from Robert’s locker, he saves Glenn from the creature and they team up to solve the mysteries of the school. Lovecraft Middle School is a brand new building but it’s infested with rats and one particular two-headed rat hitches a ride home in Robert’s backpack! Robert names him/them Pip and Squeak and they insist on accompanying him to school every day. Summary: Because of redistricting, Robert Arthur is starting 7 th grade in a new school and the only person he recognizes is the bully, Glenn Torkells, who has tormented him for years. Series: Tales From Lovecraft Middle School #1 delectable hints of age-appropriate, Lovecraftian Otherness.with none of the purple prose.Genre: Fantasy, Horror and Ghost Stories, Humor The changing image on the cover will snag interest, and the spookily realistic black-and-white illustrations throughout complete this slick, scary, funny package.

“Gilman's debut and series kick-off is great fun for fans of light horror. Best of all, the cover features a state-of-the-art “morphing” photo portrait – so you can personally witness the professor transforming into a monster. Professor Gargoyle (Volume I in the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series) is full of bizarre beasts, strange mysteries, and nonstop adventure. Twelve-year-old Robert Arthur knew that seventh grade was going to be weird, but this is ridiculous! And the science teacher is acting very peculiar – in fact, he just might be a monster-in-disguise. The school library is a labyrinth of secret corridors.

Strange things are happening at Lovecraft Middle School. “Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons – Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!”–Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Professor Gargoyle by Charles Gilman