The Shadow Hand (Babysitting Nightmares Series #1)

by Kat Shepherd, Rayanne Vieira (Illustrator)

Overview

"Fans of Goosebumps and the updated Baby-Sitters' Club graphic novels will find lots to like in this delightfully monstrous mash-up." —School Library Journal

Got chills? Babysitting can be a real nightmare in The Shadow Hand, the first book in Kat Shepherd's spooky adventure series Babysitting Nightmares!

For Rebecca Chin, babysitting has always been fun. But one night, a thunderstorm knocks the power out while she’s watching baby Kyle, and creepy things begin to happen in the house. A locked window opens by itself, mossy handprints streak the wall, and the baby begins acting strange. When she finds out that no one else in town was affected by the storm, Rebecca begins to wonder if something supernatural is going on.

Fellow sitters Tanya, Clio, and Maggie help Rebecca unravel the mystery, only to discover something unbelievable. A sinister, paranormal villain has taken the baby and replaced him with a changeling! The girls can save him—if they can survive a scary journey into the Nightmare Realm!

There are a handful of black-and-white illustrations by Rayanne Vieira for the key spine-tingling moments.

Read the whole series:

Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow Hand

Babysitting Nightmares: The Phantom Hour

Babysitting Nightmares: The Twilight Curse

Babysitting Nightmares: The Vampire Doll

An Imprint Book

"These spooky stories of friendship and paranormal adventure will have young readers flipping pages well past their bedtime."

—Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, New York Times-bestselling author of Book Scavenger

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250156969
Publisher:	Imprint
Publication date:	06/05/2018
Series:	Babysitting Nightmares Series , #1
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Kat Shepherd lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two dogs, and a rotating series of foster dogs. Each year she and her husband travel to a different national park for her wedding anniversary, and they have been lucky enough to also visit places like South Africa, Paris, and the Galapagos Islands.

Babysitting Nightmares is her first middle grade series.

Rayanne Vieira is a children's book illustrator who also works on visual development for short films and TV shows. She has illustrated such books as Babysitting Nightmares: The Phantom Hour, Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow Hand, and The Nice Monster Under My Bed.

Editorial Reviews

"Fast-paced, action-packed, and just as fun as it is frightening, this series-starter is a sure winner. The cast of real, relatable characters and the thrillingly vivid prose only further ensure that readers—reluctant, eager, or somewhere in between—will be left looking forward to more of Shepherd's delightfully creepy tales." —Jarrett Lerner, author of EngiNerds

“This spooky story of friendship and paranormal adventure will have young readers flipping pages well past their bedtime.”— Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, New York Times Bestselling author of Book Scavenger

From the Publisher