Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe by Josh Allen, Sarah J Coleman
Published by Holiday House on September 3, 2019
ISBN: 0823443663
Pages: 176
Genres: Animals, Horror, Short Stories
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Thirteen stories of unnerving, scary, dark, and simply weird situations with 13 different kids. A comfy couch isn’t safe, your beloved family cat isn’t safe, even your own shadow isn’t safe. The stories in this book are great. They’re delightfully creepy without being cheesy or over the top weird. The black and white sketch style illustrations are perfectly dark and unsettling. Fourth to sixth grade readers who have enjoyed RL Stine will devour this book. It would be a really fun read aloud since they’re short stories and could be paired with a thematically appropriate scary program. If not for some unfortunate and completely unnecessary gender norm stereotyping, this book would have gotten 4 stars from me.

Reviewed by Jessie Trafton, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME