The Slither Sisters (Tales from Lovecraft Middle School, Book 2)
Charles Gilman
Language: English
Pages: 59
ISBN: 2:00191100
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
"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
This second novel in the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series begins right where Professor Gargoyle ended.Seventh-grader Robert Arthur has discovered that two of his classmates are actually sinister snake-women in disguise. Even worse, his new middle school is full of "gates" to a terrifying alternate dimension -- a haunted mansion full of strange spirits and monstrous beasts.For Robert to protect his teachers and classmates, he'll need to return to this haunted dimension with his best friends Glenn and Karina.Can they uncover the secrets of Lovecraft Middle School before it's too late?
The Slither Sisters features more bizarre beasts, more strange mysteries, and more adventure.It's perfect for readers ages 10 and up. Best of all, the cover features a state-of-the-art "morphing" photo portrait -- so you can personally witness the sisters transforming into their slithering alter egos.You won't believe your eyes!
From the Hardcover edition.
looking up at the sky, waiting for Warren to return, when he noticed a tiny object hurtling toward him. Robert leapt aside and a heavy silver key landed in the gravel at his feet. It fit perfectly into the lock of the front door. “Mission accomplished,” Glenn said. It was Robert’s first time inside a lighthouse, and he was surprised to see that it consisted almost entirely of a single spiral staircase. It seemed to stretch toward the sky into infinity. “No wonder he doesn’t want to come down,”
hundred and twelve votes, is Robert Arthur!” The gymnasium erupted with cheers and applause and birdcalls. Glenn whooped his approval and started his chant again—“Let’s GO, Rob-ERT!”—and this time the other students all joined in. “Let’s GO, Rob-ERT!” He couldn’t believe it. He had won! In the span of a single day, he’d gone from being a total nobody to the most popular kid in school. “You better get up there,” Karina whispered. “People are waiting.” As Robert climbed the steps of the stage,
he saw his mother standing at the back of the gym, dabbing at her eyes with a tissue. She was so proud of him. All his classmates were clapping. Even Howard Mergler was leaning against a wall so that his hands were free to applaud. “Congratulations, Robert,” Mr. Loomis said, shaking his hand and giving him the microphone. “Would you like to say a few words?” Just twelve hours earlier Robert had been onstage at the student council debate, and that had been enough public speaking to last him all
He was counting off the seconds—forty-one, forty-two, forty-three—wondering how long Sarah and Sylvia could stay underwater before surfacing for air. Robert counted all the way to three hundred before stopping. “How long can you hold your breath?” he whispered to Glenn. “I don’t know. Maybe a minute? They’ve been down there for five.” “They’re not human,” Karina reminded them. “Some creatures can stay underwater for hours.” “Right,” Robert said. “But why? What are they doing down there?” No
Underwater, they were proving harder to spot. Underwater, everything was whirling. Soon Robert realized he had a bigger problem. The pool was supposed to have a maximum depth of ten feet. Karina and Glenn and Robert should have reached bottom in a few seconds, but somehow the tiled floor remained just a few inches beyond their fingertips. They seemed to be going lower and lower without getting anywhere. When Robert finally paused to look up, he realized they had descended into a sort of canyon.