Orphan Jack Templar has no memory of his parents and only the smallest details from his Aunt Sophie about how they died. The day before Jack's fourteenth birthday, things start to change for him. At first it's great: A sudden new strength helps him defend his nose-picking friend "T-Rex" from the school bully, and even his crush, Cindy Adams, takes notice. But then a mysterious girl named Eva arrives and tells him two facts that will change his life forever. First, that he's the descendent of a long line of monster hunters and he's destined to be in the family business. Second, that there's a truce between man and monster that children are off-limits...until their fourteenth birthday! Jack has only one day before hundreds of monsters will descend on his little town of Sunnyvale and try to kill him.
As if that weren't enough, things get even more complicated when Jack discovers that the Lord of the Creach (as the monsters are collectively known) holds a personal grudge against him and will do anything to see that Jack has a slow and painful death. To stay alive and save his friends, Jack will have to battle werewolves, vampires, harpies, trolls, zombies and more. But perhaps the most dangerous thing he must face is the truth about his past. Why do the other hunters call him the last Templar? Why do they whisper that he may be the "One?" Why do the monsters want him dead so badly? Even as these questions plague him, he quickly discovers survival is his new full-time job and that in the world of monster hunters, nothing is really what it seems.
For Middle Grade readers and higher
Fans of: Percy Jackson Series, Harry Potter and The Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine
When my 10 year old stepson came to visit for Thanksgiving, we made the rule no electronics. He is constantly on his Kindle Fire or watching tv while he is living with his mother so it wasn't surprising when she sent him with his Kindle. Therefore, the books and board games came out so we had no reason for any electronics. I myself can't stand to have the tv or computer on so it's nice having a good book to sit down and read. I read through a couple pages of Monster Hunter and was pleasantly surprised. For it being a young adult read, I found it interesting so I let my stepson read. He got pretty into it and even picked it up a couple of times when we didn't even tell him it was time to read. He isn't advanced for his age and is actually REALLY behind so the fact that he found it a good read and could understand it was great. I highly recommend this for anyone who would like a good read for their children.
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