Monster Club: Hunters for Hire
A trio of friends set out to catch monsters and foil a nefarious plot in this hilarious adventure by Josh Baxter Levels Up author Gavin Brown. There is only one thing seventh graders Tommy Wainwright, Colleen "Spike" Hernandez, and Karin Khalil want to do -- go on adventures and catch monsters! And in a world where monsters -- big and small -- roam, someone has to keep these creatures in check, right? Luckily, this is the iPhone era, and that means anyone can use the brand-new app, AppVenture ("It's like Uber for monster-slaying!"), to hire their very own adventurer to stop the beasts.So when Tommy, Spike, and Karim find a way to become registered "Independent Adventure Contractors" for the new app, they couldn't be more thrilled. At first, being full-fledged adventurers is a blast. But when the trio embark on their second quest, they stumble upon a secret: It seems AppVenture has been releasing monsters into the wild in order to generate more business. Now the three friends find themselves on the run from a venture-backed startup that will do anything to make sure our heroes don't live to reveal the truth...
Reviews
Popular Reviews
Reviews with the most likes.
Aliens are loose in the city and only the Monster Club can stop them!
Spike, Tommy, and Karim are seventh graders on a mission. They want to be adventurers! Tommy is the biggest of the group and therefore he believes he is the muscles. He eats and drinks supplements to make him bigger. Spike believes she is the brains. Karim is the quiet and serious one of the group. His father had been an adventurer until he was permanently injured. One day at school, their dreams begin to come true as a monster is on the loose in the school. The next day there is another monster next door. Suddenly they are applying to be contractors for AppVenture, a monster capturing company. What could go wrong?
Gavin Brown takes us on an adventure in Monster Club: Hunters for Hire (2019). Hunters is written for ages 8 through 12, but I had a lot of fun reading it and so will parents who read what their children are reading. Brown gives us monsters from Gremlins to Razorbacks to bigger monsters (I do not want to give everything away). There are also personal issues that the kids deal with in the book as Spike has issues with her father and Karim with his. They are the same issue, but represented in different situations. Brown is realistic in his writing in that he does not wrap up the real life problems with a bow as real life is not like that, but he does give an ending that is satisfying. The mystery of the monsters is fun and exciting, and the solution logical in today's world. Hunters gives us friendship, adventure, and fun. You cannot ask for more than that in a book.
Douglas Holgate is the illustrator for Monsters Club: Hunters for Hire.
I received this book for free in a Goodreads Giveaway and give my opinion without prejudice and freely.