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    Monstrous Maud: Big Fright
    Monstrous Maud: Big Fright
    Monstrous Maud: Big Fright
    Ebook84 pages59 minutes

    Monstrous Maud: Big Fright

    By A. B. Saddlewick

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    When Maud’s pet rat, Quentin, escapes in the middle of science class, it’s the very last straw. While Primrose Towers is full of decorous young ladies, Maud is ungraceful and prefers her pet rat to all other company She never quite fit in with the rest of the students and has been a nuisance one too many times. Maud is transferred from prim and proper Primrose Towers to dark and mysterious Rotwood Middle School—much to the delight of her teacher, classmates, and her perfect twin, Milly—but what is in store for Maud at Rotwood?

    There is something strange about the students and teachers. Everyone is dressed as if it’s Halloween and the school motto is “Because We Scare.” Maud learns two very important things on her first day at Rotwood: first, all of the students and teachers are monsters and second, she’s finally found a place where she feels like she belongs. While Primrose Academy rejected Maud’s differences, Rotwood allows her to embrace them. Even though she’s not a monster, Maud must make everyone believe she is in order to stay at Rotwood with her new friends.

    Monstrous Maud: Big Fright is a great alternative to princess books for middle grade readers. It is full of silliness and monster fun—along with likeable characters and a great twist at the end.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSky Pony
    Release dateAug 22, 2017
    ISBN9781510716995
    Monstrous Maud: Big Fright
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    A. B. Saddlewick

    A.B Saddlewick is a pseudonym of author Tim Collins. Tim Collins is originally from Manchester, but now lives in London. He is the author of over thirty books including Wimpy Vampire, Cosmic Colin and Dorkius Maximus. His books have been translated into over twenty languages and he has won the Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award and Manchester Fiction City.

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      I'm far too old to be reading children's books but in between tense thrillers and lofty historical tomes I sometimes like to chill out by reading something a lot lighter and kids books are a great gap filler.I'm guessing the target audience for this is primary school girls but would also make good bedtime reading material for parents to scare the children to sleep.I'd thoroughly recommend this as it was a fun read and a great way to kick off a series of books about Monstrous Maud

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    Monstrous Maud - A. B. Saddlewick

    Chapter One

    Maud didn’t know how much more she could sit through.

    It was the last lesson of the day at Primrose Towers, and the girls were showing off their craft projects. Each one was more boring than the last. Sometimes Maud thought her classmates were from a different planet. Or maybe she was the alien one …

    Poppy Simpkins had knitted a tiny pink cardigan for her teddy bear. Sarah Wentworth had flipped through endless pages of flower pressings. Daffodils, daisies, bluebells, violets. She hadn’t even collected any interesting plants like poison ivy or Venus flytraps.

    Maud Montague patted the top of her ice cream tub, checking that none of the air-holes were covered up, and waited for her turn. She had something much more exciting to show than tedious teddies or floppy flowers. Something the whole class was going to love.

    Miss Bloom glanced around. Now let’s hear from …

    Maud leaned forward.

    … Milly.

    Drat, thought Maud. Milly Montague was her twin sister, and you could bet your eyeballs that whatever she’d brought in would be even more soppy than dried flowers and teddy clothes put together.

    Milly skipped up to the front, and Maud wondered what she was about to pull out of her pink backpack. She had refused to tell Maud on the school bus that morning. Would it be a fluffy unicorn made from rose petals? A rainbow-colored friendship bracelet?

    It turned out to be even worse. Milly produced a white cardboard box, opened it and offered it to Miss Bloom. Inside Maud could see an enormous pink cake, with the words Best Teacher Ever written on it in purple icing.

    Her classmates clapped with joy.

    Maud frowned. Weren’t they supposed to have made interesting things? So where were the wormeries and monster costumes and jars of fungus-sprouting jam?

    Three cheers for Miss Bloom, shouted Milly. Hip, hip …

    Hooray! shouted everyone except Maud.

    Thank you, said Miss Bloom. Another excellent contribution, Milly. I’d give you a gold star, but you’ve used them all up.

    Maud rolled her eyes. If they thought the cake was so special, just wait until they saw what she’d made.

    Who’s next? Miss Bloom looked around and sighed. Well, I suppose everyone else has had their turn. It’s got to be Maud.

    The other students groaned.

    Not Monstrous Maud! shouted Poppy, from her desk at the front.

    I hope this is better than the dead bug collection, said Alice Jones.

    Please don’t let her talk about maggots again, said Suzie Singh. We’ve just had lunch.

    Sarah put a trembling hand up. Can I go to the bathroom please, Miss?

    Hold on for a minute, said Miss Bloom. Let’s get this over with.

    Maud stepped up to the front of the class with her plastic tub. Today I’ve brought my pet, she said. His name’s Quentin.

    Suzie cowered behind her hands as Maud opened the ice cream tub.

    Inside was a rock, with a tiny scrap of black cloth attached to it.

    Poppy stood on tiptoes and peered into the tub. You have a pet rock? With a cape? Called Quentin?

    I told you she was a weirdo, said Sarah.

    Quentin’s not a rock, said Maud. He must have escaped.

    The girls shuffled around in discomfort.

    It’s nothing to worry about, Maud added. "It’s only wild rats that carry diseases."

    All the girls in the class jumped up onto their chairs and began to scream. All the girls except Milly. She was sitting quietly behind her desk, with her pens arranged in neat rows and a spiteful smile on her lips. It was the smile she kept for the times when she got Maud into trouble.

    Maud didn’t have time to worry about her sister, though. She had to calm the class down and find Quentin.

    Please, could you stop screaming? she asked. Quentin’s very nervous around new people. It was no use. She couldn’t even hear herself above the terrified shrieks.

    Miss Bloom stepped forward from her desk and shouted over the din. Be quiet! In an instant, the class was silent. Miss Montague is clearly playing another of her ridiculous jokes!

    Maud noticed that the papers on Miss Bloom’s desk were moving. Underneath them she spotted a long, black tail flicking back and forth.

    Er, Miss Bloom … she began.

    The papers moved again, and Quentin scuttled out from under them to the front of the desk, his claws rattling on the wooden surface. His grey fur was even messier than normal where he’d been rummaging; it stood up in tufts all over his body. He lifted himself onto his hind legs and inspected the class with a curious glint in his pink eyes. The girls froze, staring wide-eyed at the rat.

    You’ve caused quite enough havoc for one day, said Miss Bloom, who hadn’t seen Quentin yet.

    But Miss …

    But nothing. Stand outside and think about what you’ve done! Miss Bloom turned to the class.

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