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Max Helsing: Monster HunterSeries
series2 books2015
About coming of age, set in contemporary.
“Max van Helsing and a group of friends try to save the world after he discovers he has been cursed by an evil warlock who intends to reclaim the earth for monsters.”
from the catalogue
Start with Max Helsing and the Thirteenth Curse →
Nightmare AcademySeries
series3 books2007
Set in contemporary.
Start with Monster Hunters →
Billy ClikkSeries
series2 books2004
Set in contemporary.
“Twelve-year-old Billy discovers that his parents' extermination business is really a cover for something a whole lot more sinister.”
from the catalogue
Start with Creatch Battler →
Eli MothersbaughSeries
series13 books1998
Ghost stories, about murder investigation, set in contemporary.
Start with Wrecks →
DarkmouthSeries
series4 books2015
About coming of age, set in contemporary.
Start with The Legends Begin →
Lockwood & Co.Series
series6 books2013
Ghost stories, set in british isles and contemporary.
Start with The Screaming Staircase →