Maggie the Dread (A Novel)
$19.62
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2026
Summary
The end is nigh. Bring snacks!
When Sebastian accidentally releases a long-imprisoned vampire-goddess after a rough day at school, he sets off a chain of events that will result in the destruction of reality as he knows it, unless he can find a way to stop it.
“A wonderful romp with a fresh premise.” -School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
“A must-read.” -Booklist
Seventh-grader Sebastian Onizuka is having a terrible Friday. He overslept after making a video ga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781499817058 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1499817053 |
| Author: | Austin Gilkeson |
| Publisher: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Imprint: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 140mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
Gilkeson’s debut is a wonderful romp with a fresh premise. * School Library Journal *
A remarkably upbeat tale of connecting while trying to prevent apocalypse. * Publisher’s Weekly *
The absurd humor throughout balances the impending doom … Ultimately, the core message that every life is important makes this take on the apocalypse a must-read. * Booklist *
Austin Gilkeson
Austin Gilkeson writes stories for children and essays for people of all ages.
He has written for The New York Review of Books, Tin House, McSweeney’s, Foreign Policy, Vulture, Catapult, Tor.com, Tor Nightfire, The Toast, The Rumpus, Points in Case, Unbound Worlds, and the Chicago Reader online. His essays also appear in the anthologies Body Language (Catapult, 2022), Inaka: Portraits of Life in Rural Japan (Camphor Press, 2020), and Down the Block: An Anthology of City Life (Metrolingua, 2009).
Austin grew up in the Carolinas and is a graduate of William & Mary and the University of Chicago. He spent two years on the Japanese island of Tsushima, sixteen years in Chicago, and now lives with his wife and son outside Houston where he works as an English teacher.
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