More Monsters, More Problems by Tracey West

Author:Tracey West
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Outside Jestro’s castle, loud screams could be heard.

If Lance had been there, he might have thought it was his parents in terrible trouble. But it wasn’t Goldie and Cuthbert who were screaming.

It was the Globlin they were using as a tennis ball!

“Aaaaaiiiiieeeeee!” screeched the Globlin as it soared over a net crudely made from sticks.

Whack! Cuthbert hit the Globlin with his handmade tennis racket. It flew back over the net and then bounced onto the hard granite.

Smack! Goldie hit the Globlin and sent it flying toward Cuthbert.

Lance’s parents had no idea that their tennis ball was a monster. Or that they were being held prisoner in a castle. They thought they were at the spa! A fiery, dark, weird spa—but for all they knew, fiery, dark, and weird was the latest fad.

General Magmar walked in to check on his prisoners. Goldie turned when she saw him.

“We’d like a light lunch followed by a sauna and a rub-down,” Goldie informed him.

“You’ll get boiling tar pits and lava boulders!” snapped General Magmar angrily.

Goldie looked at Cuthbert and nodded. “Hot rock massage? I’ve always wanted to try that.”

General Magmar groaned in frustration and stomped away. He would have to do something about these prisoners!

He marched down to the castle dungeon, where Jestro was admiring a huge gold statue of himself. Piles and piles of gold coins, bars, and other gold objects surrounded him.

“This is so great! I’m literally covered in gold!” Jestro said happily.

The Book of Monsters looked at the statue and frowned. “Yeah, very artsy. Now we got work to do.”

Jestro was more interested in gold than doing any evil stuff at the moment.

“Look! I’m so shiny and golden!” he cried, still staring at the statue.

The Book of Monsters turned away from him. “Oh brother. This greed thing is going to his head! And warping his tiny little mind.”

General Magmar walked in and saluted.

“Evil Jestro, sir, these prisoners are most annoying and uncooperative,” he informed him.

“I didn’t want to take prisoners,” Jestro said, bouncing a gold coin in his hand. “But they were so, uh, golden, the monsters couldn’t resist. Do whatever you want with them.”

“Yes sir,” said General Magmar. His eyes narrowed. “I swear by all the evil I know that I … will … break them.”

The general turned and walked away.

“All these things distract us from finding more books,” The Book of Monsters muttered. Then he yelled to the Bookkeeper. “Hey, rub my chin! I’m thinking to myself.”

While Jestro played with his gold, General Magmar got to work.

First, he gathered Burnzie and Sparkks. They kept an eye on Goldie and Cuthbert. After playing tennis, Lance’s parents walked down a long corridor.

“I think the game room is this way, dear,” Goldie told her husband.

Behind them, General Magmar nodded to Burnzie. The big monster sent a sharp, spinning disc flying through the air. It sliced through a rock chandelier hanging down from the ceiling.

Bam! The chandelier came crashing to the ground—just a foot behind Goldie and Cuthbert. It had missed them!

“Aaaah!” General

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