Always October
Written by Bruce Coville
Narrated by Zac Fletcher, Nancy O'Connor and Full Cast Family
4/5
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About this audiobook
One stormy night sixth-grader Jacob Doolittle finds a baby in a basket on his front porch. To Jake's surprise, his mother decides to care for the baby, hoping its mother will return. However that surprise is nothing compared to what happens to “Little Dumpling” the first time there's a full moon....
Soon Jake and his best friend, “Weird Lily” Carker, find themselves in “Always October,” the secret world of monsters. Even more frightening, they discover that the safety of both the human world and Always October depends on them protecting Little Dumpling from a group of monsters out to kidnap him.
Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville grew up around the corner from his grandparents' dairy farm, where he spent a great deal of time dodging cows (and chores) and reading voraciously. He has been a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, a magazine editor, and an elementary school teacher. Bruce's books have appeared in more than a dozen countries and have sold more than sixteen million copies. Among his most popular titles are My Teacher Is an Alien; Into the Land of Unicorns; and Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. He is also the founder of Full Cast Audio, an award-winning audio book company specializing in family listening (www.fullcastaudio.com). October is Bruce's favorite month, so he is especially delighted that Always October is his 100th book. He lives in Syracuse, New York.
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Reviews for Always October
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5“Weird Lily” is a sixth grader. She enjoys hanging out in the cemetery (for which her grandfather is the caretaker) with her friend Jake. Lily and Jake have had a bit of a strange relationship. When they were in second grade, Lily professed to the class that she was going to marry Jake. Jake avoided her like the plague after that, but recently they’ve become good friends. When Jake’s dad up and leaves his family (much like his grandfather did when Jake’s father was about the age Jake is now), the kids at school treat him a little differently and he found a friend in Lily. They spend a lot of their time creeping around the old mausoleum despite Lily’s grandfather’s insistence that they stay away from it.One particularly creepy afternoon, Lily and Jake hear a scratching noise coming from behind one of the mausoleum walls. Later that night, Lily believes she sees a large, lumbering shape escaping the mausoleum, and a few minutes later, Jake and his mother find a baby on their doorstep with a mysterious note asking them to care for the baby until the mother can return.When a full moon hits, Jake discovers that LD (short for “Little Dumpling”) has changed into a blue-haired, fanged monster. If that’s not weird enough, on the next full moon, LD transforms again and Lily, Jake and their families find themselves trapped in an alternate universe known as “Always October”, where it’s — you guessed it — always October. The universe is filled with strange monsters (some good, some bad) and the group must fulfill a quest that will keep LD human. But the bad monsters in Always October have a plan of their own. They want to use LD to bridge the two worlds, and it’s up to Lily and Jake to stop this from happening.This book was a whole lot of fun. I don’t read a lot of middle grade, but when I do, I always find myself transported back to when I was a ten-year-old. It’s nice to reconnect to my younger, more innocent self.This book is filled with magic and light scares that will thrill young readers. Mr. Coville has crafted a mysterious, whacky world perfect for Halloween. The characters are all a lot of fun. I liked both Jake and Lily, but Lily was definitely my fave. I loved her weirdness. The story is told from alternating viewpoints which gives the reader a well-rounded view into the story. My only complaint was that there were a few loose ends that were left open. Of course, that could mean that there will be a sequel, which I would love to read.This is the perfect read for middle graders looking for a light scare this Halloween.