Rayleigh Mann in the Company of Monsters by Ciannon Smart tells the story of twelve year old Rayleigh who lives with his mum and nana and is always getting up to mischief and having school detention. Raleigh sneaks out on All Hallows’ Eve and is captured and taken to a new world in Below-London by his uncle Thelonious Tickle. In this Below-London world, The Confederation of Lightless Places, Rayleigh discovers that his dad is in fact Robert - the Bogey Mann and he is missing. Raleigh has to pass three trials over the next fortnight as part of The Monstrous 101 Induction to determine his monstrous heritage and, if successful, decide whether to live permanently in the above or below world.
The book is full of mischief, mayhem and monsters. It is fast paced and fun and whilst I did struggle to keep up with all of the characters, I am not the target readership, and I am sure younger minds will be just fine with them all! I am also certain there will be more fun packed Raleigh Mann adventures to come.
The book is full of mischief, mayhem and monsters. It is fast paced and fun and whilst I did struggle to keep up with all of the characters, I am not the target readership, and I am sure younger minds will be just fine with them all! I am also certain there will be more fun packed Raleigh Mann adventures to come.