Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sully find his world disrupted.

Evan visits an old toy store and buys a dusty can of monster blood. It is fun to play with at first, but then Evan notices it is growing, and getting an appetite.

It began--and ended--in 1958 when seven children searched in the drains beneath Derry for an evil creature, but in 1985, Mike, once one of those children, makes six phone calls and disinters an unremembered promise that sets off the ultimate terror.

"A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik's groundbreaking crossover series. At the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year--and the looming specter of matriculation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive after. El is determined that her group will...

"One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother was shot and killed by Boston cops. But what looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it. As creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, seeking safety through visibility, their emergence sets off a chain of seemingly unrelated events. Members of a local werewolf pack are threatened into silence....

A gentle sea monster decides to follow and protect a ship on a dangerous voyage across the ocean.

Bored with her ordinary pets, a young girl chooses a monster from the pet store, but soon finds that it is more trouble than she expected.

Grouch, Grump, and little Gloom 'n' Doom spend much of their time arguing over who is the "biggest and baddest" until they build a monster together that turns out to be very different than what they expect.

Evan Ross can't stop thinking about Monster Blood and what happened last summer. When Evan's friend Andy comes to town, things go from bad to worse because Andy's present for Evan is green, slimy and starting to grow.