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Summary
Summary
Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries meet Minecraft in this first-of-its-kind story.
Gerald Creeper Jr. is a self-proclaimed pacifist (which, by the way, has nothing to do with a pacifier), but he finds himself in the war zone when he starts his first year at Mob Middle School. At his new school, every monster in the Overworld is jockeying for power, and the skeletons seem to have it out for him.
Armed with a 30-day plan (he can thank his mom's self-help obsession for that), Gerald makes it his mission to use his brains--instead of his blasts--to survive the school year. It all starts with:
Day 1: Come up with a nickname. (Gerald is not gonna cut it.)
Day 2: Keep a low profile. (Not easy when your new best friend is a super bouncy slime!)
Day 3: Avoid being target practice for skeletons, and somehow get in with super-popular Eddy Enderman. (Easier said than done.)
The first book in this laugh-out-loud funny, heavily illustrated, diary format series for Minecrafters follows the most misunderstood hostile mob in the Overworld. It's not easy being green . . . or explosive!
This adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO.
Author Notes
Greyson Mann is also the author of the Secrets of an Overworld Survivor series from Sky Pony Press. He kept diaries like Gerald's when he was a middle schooler. He kept right on writing through high school and college, and now creates books for kids from his home in Madison, Wisconsin. Greyson enjoys playing Minecraft with his nephew, sometimes writes bad rap songs, and hangs out with his three sisters, whom he now adores.
Amanda Brack is also the illustrator of the Jokes for Minecrafters series from Sky Pony Press. She has a passion for drawing and illustration, and enjoys the creativity of working on a wide variety of projects in her freelance career. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-7-Gerald Creeper Jr. is starting his first year at Mob Middle School, where every monster in the Overworld is jockeying for power. Gerald has a 30-day foolproof plan to survive the school year, beginning with making a new nickname for himself, keeping a low profile, and, most important, somehow getting in with popular Eddy Enderman. But considering that Gerald has a slime and a zombie for uncool best friends, an evil twin out to embarrass him, bullying skeletons, and his own personal struggle not to spontaneously combust, nothing seems to be going as planned. Middle graders will find plenty of cringeworthy moments and even familiar situations with which they will identify. Comical illustrations on almost every page add visual humor to the diary format. VERDICT An additional purchase where Minecraft stories, Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," or Lincoln Peirce's "Big Nate" books circulate well.-Jessica Marie, Salem Public Library, OR © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Despite, not because of, carefully pre-laid plans, Gerald Creeper survives his first month of nights at Mob Middle School in this novel based on "Minecraft."Following a well-laid course but cast entirely with the popular video game's "mobs," the porkchop-loving young Creeper's day-to-day narrativepresented in a "hand-printed" type on ruled paper with lots of appropriately blocky line drawingscharts a rapid downward spiral. Along with acquiring, thanks to his Evil Twin, Chloe, the humiliating (if accurate: he has psoriasis) nickname "Itchy" on the first day, Gerald struggles not to explode (as Creepers do) while being bullied by skeletons and navigating rocky new friendships with decidedly uncool classmates Sam Slime and Ziggy the zombie. On the other hand, a genealogy assignment gives him grounds for taking pride in his Creeper ancestors, and he finds worthy ways to mend fences with his friends by month's end. Less worthily, he finally explodes all over the skeleton who has been harassing him and Chloe. Not only does the bully then lay off (as if), but Gerald actually earns approving nods from his parents, because "being a pacifist doesn't mean that you choose peace ALL the time." Runs off the rails at the end, but even nongamers will appreciate this unofficial spinoff's "achievement." (Graphic/fantasy hybrid. 8-10) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
