The Phantom Hour (Babysitting Nightmares Series #2)

by Kat Shepherd, Rayanne Vieira (Illustrator)

Overview

"Fans of Goosebumps and the updated Baby-Sitters' Club graphic novels will find lots to like in this delightfully monstrous mash-up." —School Library Journal on Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow Hand

The supernatural never sleeps in Babysitting Nightmares: The Phantom Hour, the second book in Kat Shepherd's spooky adventure series!

Clio has already had one brush with the paranormal, and she’s dead set on making it her last.

But her new babysitting job is in a haunted house! At first, Clio’s excited to work at the historical Victorian mansion in town—until doors start closing behind her, objects move on their own, and messages appear from beyond the grave.

Clio enlists the help of her three best friends, Tanya, Maggie, and Rebecca, to uncover long-buried secrets from the past. Can Clio face her fear and solve the mystery of the haunted mansion?

There are a handful of black-and-white illustrations by Rayanne Vieira for the key spine-tingling moments.

Read the whole series:

Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow Hand

Babysitting Nightmares: The Phantom Hour

Babysitting Nightmares: The Twilight Curse

Babysitting Nightmares: The Vampire Doll

An Imprint Book

"A wicked-fun friendship series, packed with deliciously creepy scares."

—Lauren Myracle, co-author of the New York Times-bestselling Upside-Down Magic series

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250156990
Publisher:	Imprint
Publication date:	01/29/2019
Series:	Babysitting Nightmares Series , #2
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	746,584
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	690L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Kat Shepherd is thrilled to create fast-paced stories likely to engage reluctant readers, because as an educator, she believes that reading should be a joyful experience for every child. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two dogs, and a rotating series of foster dogs. Each year she and her husband travel to a different national park for her wedding anniversary, and they have been lucky enough to also visit places like South Africa, Paris, and the Galapagos Islands. Babysitting Nightmares is her first middle grade series.

Editorial Reviews

"These spooky stories of friendship and paranormal adventure will have young readers flipping pages well past their bedtime."

—Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, New York Times-bestselling author of Book Scavenger

"A crackling, suspenseful tale of true sisterhood."

—Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times-bestselling author of the Whatever After series

"Fast-paced, action-packed, and just as fun as it is frightening. A sure winner."

—Jarrett Lerner, author of EngiNerds

From the Publisher

2018-11-12

When strange things happen at Clio's new babysitting gig, her friends are ready to help in this sequel to The Shadow Hand (2018).

Clio and her friends have just closed the portal to the Nightmare Realm, but their adventures aren't over yet. Clio starts babysitting for the Lee family, who just moved into the old Plunkett mansion. Creepy things happen the first night, and it gets stranger every time she goes. She discusses the phenomena with her friends, who try to convince her that nothing's wrong until the evidence is undeniable. Luckily, a boy from school named Ethan just happens to show up at Clio's aunt's shop with a flier about his services, which include speaking with ghosts. They are skeptical, but Clio decides to get his help to find out who is haunting the mansion and what they want. In an intense séance, they encounter the ghost and help her find peace. The plot moves slowly through the first half of the book, but the steady buildup of bizarre incidents combines with the characters' interesting enough personalities to keep most readers going. The characters' diverse ethnic backgrounds are casually mentioned: Clio is black with natural hair, and her aunt, Kawanna, has dreadlocks; Maggie and Ethan are both white; Rebecca is Chinese-American; Tanya, who's probably Latinx, has brown skin; and the Lees are Korean-American.

Mitigating the slow buildup is the rousing climax, complete with icky creatures and spooky thrills. (Paranormal adventure. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews