The Creeps: Book 1: Night of the Frankenfrogs

by Chris Schweizer

Overview

In Pumpkins County, weird things happen every day, but nobody ever makes a fuss. Nobody, that is, except the Creeps: Carol, a big-city girl new to Pumpkins County, who finds kindred spirits in Mitchell (monster expert), Jarvis (military brat with logistics know-how), and Rosario (girly girl on the outside, muscle underneath). The Creeps are on the case to figure out the spooky mysteries and still get to class on time. Last week it was a pudding monster. This week, it’s killer frogs—reanimated from the team’s biology class dissection experiment. Who’s behind the Frankenfrog attacks? The Creeps will track down the answers!

In this new creepy graphic novel series, Chris Schweizer’s art is full of the visual excitement that only the best graphic novel creators can pull off.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419713798
Publisher:	Amulet Books
Publication date:	08/11/2015
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	267,248
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Chris Schweizer is the author/illustrator of the Crogan Adventures graphic novel series, which was nominated for two Eisner Awards and named to the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. He lives in Madisonville, Kentucky, with his wife and daughter.

Editorial Reviews

"Schweizer has created a story with just enough icky, spooky action for middle-grade readers who want horror stories but don’t want them too scary...The mixed-gender, multicultural team guarantees that this series opener will appeal to a broad range of readers."

Booklist

06/01/2015
Gr 3–6—As punishment for creating a giant mess in their school, Carol, Jarvis, Mitchell, and Rosario (known to their classmates as the Creeps) are being forced to perform the tasks normally completed by the janitor. When they discover that the frog specimens intended for dissection in their science class are missing, they know that they will be blamed, so they set out to discover who the real culprit might be. After a harrowing trek through the sewer and an encounter with a mad scientist, they are horrified to discover that the missing frog specimens have been reanimated as "frankenfrogs"—menacing monsters intent on attacking them with jolts of electricity. The Creeps use their unique skills and smarts to evade the frankenfrogs and discover who is creating these terrifying creatures—and why. This action-packed graphic novel features a diverse set of characters who are comfortable in their own skins and demonstrate that science can be dangerous and fun. VERDICT A wide range of readers will tear through this well-written and zanily drawn book, and they will be eager to see what wild adventures the four friends will have in the next volume.—Sarah Reid, Broome County Public Library, Binghamton, NY

School Library Journal

2015-04-29
Four lovable misfits known collectively as the Creeps must save their school from hideous, electrified Frankenfrogs. At Pumpkin County Middle School, monsters are a commonplace occurrence. Four ethnically diverse students—bespectacled Carol, a genius computer hacker; fashionista Rosario, the muscle of the group; lanky Mitchell, the brainiac; and diminutive Jarvis, the gadget maven who fears nothing—bravely battle these nefarious beings with little fanfare. After a bout with a particularly messy pudding monster, the Creeps are assigned janitorial duty to give their overburdened custodian some relief. When they're sent to retrieve some frozen frogs for dissection and find the amphibian specimens missing, they know that they've stumbled on their next mystery. Suddenly the fearsome foursome find themselves not only dealing with reanimated frogs, but also navigating dirty sewer tunnels and battling disgruntled teachers, evil-genius science-fair flunkies, and animal-activist students; how will they be able to save the day? An excellent complement to his prose, Schweizer's cleanly paneled art is bright and busy, ever ready with a gag that helps blend the ghastly with the goofy, making his gang's antics reminiscent of Scooby Doo. Be sure to recommend this to fans of Jared Krosoczka's Lunch Lady series, who will certainly appreciate the similar humor. Silly fun with a smattering of science. (Graphic science fiction/humor. 7-11)

Kirkus Reviews