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A review by corinneschapterchatter
Nightmare in the Backyard by Jeff Strand
fast-paced
5.0
I am thankful to have gotten the audioARC for free from Netgalley and Tantor Audio so I can leave my voluntary review.
Wow! This was such a fun book to listen to! It was action packed all the way through and I think middle grade readers will love it. Usually I listen to audio books at night and fall asleep to them and have them in the background while I sleep and then in the morning go back to when I felt asleep. Well I ended up staying up way too later to keep listening to this!
It’s a short listen and while it’s middle grade it was fun for an adult to listen to as well in a “take me back to childhood” type of way. This is a book I would have loved as a kid.
The FMC was excited to have a sleep over in her backyard to mimic her family camping trips. When her friends came things go sideways and they can’t contact her mother.
It’s also a nice journey of friendship while battling for their lives.
My rating system for Middle Grade and children’s books
⭐️ Significant problems and would never recommend to the audience.
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea but may have some appeal.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ an ok book which I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend but it has some value for young readers
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! I would recommend for the age or reading level appropriate for the book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Would recommend highly, especially to school programs as a wide spread reading opportunity.
Wow! This was such a fun book to listen to! It was action packed all the way through and I think middle grade readers will love it. Usually I listen to audio books at night and fall asleep to them and have them in the background while I sleep and then in the morning go back to when I felt asleep. Well I ended up staying up way too later to keep listening to this!
It’s a short listen and while it’s middle grade it was fun for an adult to listen to as well in a “take me back to childhood” type of way. This is a book I would have loved as a kid.
The FMC was excited to have a sleep over in her backyard to mimic her family camping trips. When her friends came things go sideways and they can’t contact her mother.
It’s also a nice journey of friendship while battling for their lives.
My rating system for Middle Grade and children’s books
⭐️ Significant problems and would never recommend to the audience.
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea but may have some appeal.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ an ok book which I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend but it has some value for young readers
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! I would recommend for the age or reading level appropriate for the book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Would recommend highly, especially to school programs as a wide spread reading opportunity.