The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King by Brallier Max

Author:Brallier, Max
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2017-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

The scrap mountain EXPLODES from the inside out, and we’re flung to the hard dirt ground. We scramble across the lot, diving for cover behind a heaping pile of tires.

“What is that thing?” June says, gasping.

“It’s big,” Dirk says. “That’s what it is.”

I pull the Louisville Slicer from its sheath. Staying low, I wriggle on my belly toward Quint. Together, we peek around the tire mound—and we gasp in horror. . . .

“It’s like the Kraken,” Quint whispers.

“The Kraken is a water monster,” I say. “Come on—how many times did we watch Pirates of the Caribbean together?”

“Perhaps it’s an aboveground Kraken,” Quint suggests.

“No such thing as an aboveground Kraken,” I say.

This tentacle-covered horror defies description: it’s monstracious, gigantesque, terrifiable. The monster writhes, its tentacles toss aside trash, and we see the full, terrifying, bloodcurdling breadth of the beast.

Quint stammers: “It’s—it’s—it’s—it’s—”

“I know what it is,” I say. “It’s like . . .”

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