EDGE: Monsters Like Us: Hangem High School
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
Subjects
- Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Average rating
Monsters Like Us follows the adventures of monster misfits Danny (a demon), Lin (a werewolf) and Sam (a zombie) as they attempt to get through school without eating the teachers, running wild or raising hell.
In Hangem High School, Sam arrives at his new school and is keen to make a good impression without losing his head. Clogger and his cronies have other ideas and are determined to shake things up for Sam. Can Lin and Danny come to the rescue of the weird new kid, and keep him in one piece on his first day?
Each Monsters Like Us story features an accessible storyline in a familiar setting, and is ideal for guided reading with struggling readers, as confidence-building independent reads, and for EAL pupils. Hangem High School is levelled at book band 7 Turquoise, is printed on off-white paper and uses a font approved by the British Dyslexia Association.
This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books
to get children reading with confidence. EDGE – for books kids can’t put down.
Reviews
I love it, I read this book 4 times.
Officer Tulip Moonlight 13.08.2025
A zombies first day at school trying to fit in
Dona Kangaroo Eragon 25.07.2025
This was amazing and I liked that it was in the comic style. Very fun to read!
Lord Peanuts Jamboree 04.01.2025
I like this book because of the zombie trying to live in a human world
Viscount Hank Frozen-Peas 01.08.2023
I liked when they realised they were all different kinds of monsters.
Superintendent Binky Pendragon 22.09.2022
I throught it was a great book and would tell my friends to read it.
Director Petunia Bertrand 22.07.2018
It was cool because there was monsters in it
Anonymous 04.09.2017
Cool comic book style story layout
Anonymous 23.08.2017
I like the zombies! Lol
Anonymous 31.07.2017
Because it is very good and amusing.
Anonymous 30.07.2017
I liked this book but the bullies were not very nice
Anonymous 24.07.2017
Sometimes monsters could be friendly.
Anonymous 13.08.2016
I liked it at the end when they all became friends
Anonymous 30.07.2016
because theres a boy and hes a zombie and he make 2 new friends and he finds out that they are zombies too!
Anonymous 25.07.2016
If you like surprises you will like this book. I like it because I get bullied at school and in this book it says that friends are always there (evan if those friends are monsters!)
Anonymous 21.07.2016
I liked it because it has monsters in it and I like monsters.
Anonymous 20.07.2016
