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Peter's Angel: A Story About Monsters
When his favorite monsters come alive to taunt him, Peter constructs an angel in hopes of counteracting them.
160 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1976
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December 21, 2018
When Peter becomes haunted by Monsters, he builds an angel to help him.
This is a re-read of a book I enjoyed as a child. I remember it being pretty scary back then. I was surprised at how much I liked it as an adult. It addresses how a fascination with something can edge into an obsession that strips away interest in other things. As Peter focuses on monsters and begins to live and breathe them, all his other activities suffer. Peter's two mice, Eben and Eliza, make a powerful sacrifice to find an angel to help their friend.
This is a re-read of a book I enjoyed as a child. I remember it being pretty scary back then. I was surprised at how much I liked it as an adult. It addresses how a fascination with something can edge into an obsession that strips away interest in other things. As Peter focuses on monsters and begins to live and breathe them, all his other activities suffer. Peter's two mice, Eben and Eliza, make a powerful sacrifice to find an angel to help their friend.
June 10, 2022
One of my favorite books from my childhood. Loved everything about this book and completely identified with the main character. Read it to my kids recently and they really enjoyed it also.
September 23, 2022
Although I have this listed as Young Adult, this is actually a Scholastic children's book from when I was in second grade. I came upon a few books in my attic the other day that I had kept for all these years and decided to read them again. I enjoyed reading the book (although it only took about 20 minutes to do so) because it brought back memories of childhood and how excited I would get when we were allowed to choose a book from the Scholastic books catalog.
As far as story line, the book is about a 9-year-old boy named Peter who, along with a few friends, has started a Monster Club. However, for Peter, the monsters have become real and follow him around, harassing him everywhere, including at school--even though no one else can see them. (they are obviously very benign monsters since this is essentially a children's book) And so he decides it's time to end the Monster Club. But how exactly do you get rid of the monsters once they have come to life? Assistance comes to Peter in the most unlikely of allies--two wild mice who had been living in the walls of his room.
As far as story line, the book is about a 9-year-old boy named Peter who, along with a few friends, has started a Monster Club. However, for Peter, the monsters have become real and follow him around, harassing him everywhere, including at school--even though no one else can see them. (they are obviously very benign monsters since this is essentially a children's book) And so he decides it's time to end the Monster Club. But how exactly do you get rid of the monsters once they have come to life? Assistance comes to Peter in the most unlikely of allies--two wild mice who had been living in the walls of his room.
June 3, 2025
I'd remembered—and misremembered—bits this book for years without being able to track it down until a friendly reader in the What's the Name of that Book forum came to my rescue (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...). (Thanks, Rainbowheart!) Its alternate title is The Monsters' Room.
Having re-read it just now, I can say that the key thing I remembered accurately is that it's an excellent book. The prose is crisp and evocative, the characters feel like kids, and the plot and tone beautifully inhabit the magical thinking of childhood (dream-space and nightmare-space alike). The protagonist, a young boy named Peter, is the president of a Monsters Club, but no longer enjoys the thrill of being scared by fictional monsters, mostly because those monsters have come to life and are following him to school and keeping him up at night. There's a lovely ambiguity as to what the monsters might mean, and Campbell wisely doesn't try to wrap it all up too tidily.
Note: This book was first published in 1976, and, for good and for ill, definitely feels very much of that era.
Having re-read it just now, I can say that the key thing I remembered accurately is that it's an excellent book. The prose is crisp and evocative, the characters feel like kids, and the plot and tone beautifully inhabit the magical thinking of childhood (dream-space and nightmare-space alike). The protagonist, a young boy named Peter, is the president of a Monsters Club, but no longer enjoys the thrill of being scared by fictional monsters, mostly because those monsters have come to life and are following him to school and keeping him up at night. There's a lovely ambiguity as to what the monsters might mean, and Campbell wisely doesn't try to wrap it all up too tidily.
Note: This book was first published in 1976, and, for good and for ill, definitely feels very much of that era.
March 11, 2025
This a marvelous little kid's book: Peter along with his best friend Obie created the monster club and Sal joined as well. Unfortunately they established the club in Peter's bedroom and the monsters came to life. Since only Peter can see they they are really impacting on his life, tripping him in the street, partying in his room at night so he cannot sleep and interfering with school
Peter is scared to tell Obie he does not want to be in the club anymore, and lose his friend but at last he realises the only place the monsters leave him alone is in chapel so he decides to build an angel to keep him safe from the monsters.
This is a wonderful little kids book, it has themes of bravery and independence kindness and and a willingness to change.
The illustrations by Lilian Obligado are absolutly stunning.
Peter is scared to tell Obie he does not want to be in the club anymore, and lose his friend but at last he realises the only place the monsters leave him alone is in chapel so he decides to build an angel to keep him safe from the monsters.
This is a wonderful little kids book, it has themes of bravery and independence kindness and and a willingness to change.
The illustrations by Lilian Obligado are absolutly stunning.
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