Jack Slater, Monster Investigator
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  • Published: 4 January 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446431009
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160

Jack Slater, Monster Investigator

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EBook
4 Jan 2011
Audiobook
7 Apr 2011
Paperback
1 Mar 2006
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Men in Black meet the Ghostbusters meet monsters under the bed in this hilarious tale for young readers

Jack Slater is an official Monster Investigator - licensed to hunt out monsters who turn up under beds and terrorize small children (and his parents!). Armed with a high-power torch (monsters hate the light), a pocketful of spare batteries and a much-loved teddy (there is nothing monsters hate more than a favourite childhood toy), he sets off down to Monster Underworld when news reaches his ears that the monsters are on the march. They're getting organized and no-one, not even the Prime Minister in Downing Street, is safe any more...
  • Published: 4 January 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446431009
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160
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About the author

John Dougherty

JOHN DOUGHERTY lives in London. A supply teacher with plenty of experience of classroom activities in primary education, he is also a singer-songwriter with one CD already available - and has appeared on TV when his living room was designed in a Gothic style by Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen. In 2004, he also ran the London Marathon to raise funds for a charity to help children in care.

Zeus on the Loose was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award in 2004.

portrait photo of John Dougherty

Also by John Dougherty

Zeus Sorts it Out
Jack Slater and the Whisper of Doom
Zeus to the Rescue!
Niteracy Hour
Zeus On The Loose
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Praise for Jack Slater, Monster Investigator

A clever story, cleverly told

Mike Maran, Carousel

Jack is an engaging hero and his various scrapes and adventures are scary enough to be read by torchlight beneath the covers . . . An engaging first book in what could be a long series

Dundee Evening Telegraph

Plays to every youngster's fantasy of tipping child-parent relations on their head . . . This story is perfect for children still afraid of the dark, turning fear into laughter

Eastern Daily Press

The inventive illustrations, clever jokes and intriguing charaters, make this a thrilling adventure that strong readers will enjoy

Children's Books Ireland