NEW FROM INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORMark Cheverton has written 27 books, with over 2 million copies in print. Cameron Poole has a problem, a big problem: he's a bully magnet who struggles with anxiety. Being the smallest sixth-grader at his summer camp, everything around him triggers his everyday struggles with anxiety, or with his Beast, making it impossible for him to do the same things other kids can do.
In a constant state of worry, Cameron feels like a perpetual failure, his anxiety punishing him all the time. That's bad enough, but when Cameron learns that mythical monsters are trying to invade his camp, things go from bad to worse. Malphas, the Demon Lord from a parallel world called Agartha, wants to bring his monster army to Earth, attack Camp Pontchartrain, and begin his invasion. But before he can bring the biggest and most ferocious monsters to Earth, he must find the seven Skull Keys that will keep the gateway between worlds open forever.
Enemies become friends against a common cause when Cameron is chosen to lead an unusual collection of kids to stop Malphas from finding the Skull Keys. But the Demon Lord of Agartha has other plans. He sends mythical creatures to Earth, gremlins, imps, gargoyles .
NEW FROM INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORMark Cheverton has written 27 books, with over 2 million copies in print. Cameron Poole has a problem, a big problem: he's a bully magnet who struggles with anxiety. Being the smallest sixth-grader at his summer camp, everything around him triggers his everyday struggles with anxiety, or with his Beast, making it impossible for him to do the same things other kids can do.
In a constant state of worry, Cameron feels like a perpetual failure, his anxiety punishing him all the time. That's bad enough, but when Cameron learns that mythical monsters are trying to invade his camp, things go from bad to worse. Malphas, the Demon Lord from a parallel world called Agartha, wants to bring his monster army to Earth, attack Camp Pontchartrain, and begin his invasion. But before he can bring the biggest and most ferocious monsters to Earth, he must find the seven Skull Keys that will keep the gateway between worlds open forever.
Enemies become friends against a common cause when Cameron is chosen to lead an unusual collection of kids to stop Malphas from finding the Skull Keys. But the Demon Lord of Agartha has other plans. He sends mythical creatures to Earth, gremlins, imps, gargoyles .