Professor Gargoyle
Tales From Lovecraft Middle School
Book One
By Charles Gilman
Robert Arthur’s neighborhood has been
redistricted so now Robert will be starting middle school at the new state of
the art school Lovecraft Middle School. To add to his misfortune of starting a
new school the one person he recognizes from elementary is his long time bully,
Glenn, having to deal with Glenn after so many years may not be so bad, but
when a cute girl comes up asks if you are ok, well for a teenage boy life just
gets worse from there. But soon Robert will make one or two new friends
depending on how you count the two headed rat he finds in the Attic above the
library, and this is just the beginning of Robert’s adventures at Lovecraft
Middle School.
Where do I start with this novel? Ok,
how about the obvious, the cover. My favorite part of having the cover
transform from a solemn looking man to a smiling red skinned yellow eyed
“gargoyle” is not telling anyone about it. For example I was in the middle of
moving from Germany back to the U.S. when I was trying to receive this book so
I had it sent to my mother, I am on the phone with her right after she receives
it and she is telling me she is going to open it. Well, there is no arguing
with my mother, so the next thing I hear is “Oh, Shoot!” to which I calmly
reply “Oh, you saw the cover?” Not only does the cover provide hours of fun but
when you add onto this fact that the novel itself is full of twists and turns
at every step, you start with an average kid trying to survive school add in a
two headed rat and the fun is exponential. Then the book is rounded off by
amazing illustrations making this a book that is truly fun for all ages.
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