Nightmare Detective: The Skeleton King

"Nightmare Detective is a delightful adventure about friendship, childhood, fears, growing up, helping others." - Manhattan Book ReviewThe dreamworld of Pangea is now taking applications for "the night shift". The Skeleton King is an imaginative middle grade novel about friends, fears, and gaining the confidence needed to achieve your most ambitious dreams.Uko Hill is a twelve year old black boy in Newark suffering from the same nightmare every night - an army of terrifying skeletons breaking into his home and destroying everything. He's given up hope of ever having normal sleep until one night, in the middle of his nightmare, he meets Toni. She's part of a group called the Nightmare Detectives - a trained squad of middle schoolers that can jump into the nightmares of other kids and help stop them for good. Toni gives Uko the chance to become a Detective and he reluctantly accepts but before he can join, he must prove himself by passing a series of tests. Along the way he learns that there's a lot more to living in this dream world than he expected. Can he stand up to the evil that he discovers? Can he overcome his own fear and doubt to join the legendary Detectives?"The Skeleton King" is the first book in the "Nightmare Detective" trilogy, a series that celebrates diversity and boundless imagination. Perfect for readers aged 9 - 14.

"An imaginative and chilling middle grade adventure. Inyang has taken something that all children experience at least once in their young lives and has woven together a tale of empowerment, making nightmares not only less scary but actually intriguing. The story teaches children to confront their fears and take charge of their lives, which is a good message for anyone, and especially at a young age. All in all, Nightmare Detective is a richly realized work of middle grade fiction that will alternately empower and entertain young readers." - Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★★"...a splendid adventure into the complexity of the mind while maintaining an action-packed plot."- The BookLife Prize"...Magic Tree House meets Goosebumps - but more. Inyang creates a world that exists in our subconcious minds that connect us all...an action-packed story that's sure to grab kids..."- Sundee Frazier - Corretta Scott King Award winner and Oprah Book Club author of Brendan Buckley's Universe "Nightmare Detective is a delightful adventure about friendship, childhood, fears, growing up, helping others." - Manhattan Book Review