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Mister Monday

Garth Nix

Ages 10–14

390 pages · Released 2003

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Mister Monday parent’s guide: what’s inside

High confidence

Language

Sexual content

LGBTQ+ themes

Substance use

What it offers

Educational value

A note for parents

Mister Monday is the first book in Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom series, a well-regarded middle-grade fantasy adventure with magical worldbuilding and an engaging protagonist. The story involves some fantastical conflict and scary moments but avoids graphic violence or crude content. The themes of courage, determination, and friendship against supernatural odds make it suitable for confident readers in the upper elementary to middle school range.

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From the publisher

Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. His survival invokes the wrath of the mysterious Mister Monday who will stop at nothing to get the key back, and Arthur is forced into a desperate quest to unravel the secrets of the key and discove... Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. His survival invokes the wrath of the mysterious Mister Monday who will stop at nothing to get the key back, and Arthur is forced into a desperate quest to unravel the secrets of the key and discover his true fate.

Shelved under

  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Fantasy .
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Good and evil
  • Fate and fatalism
  • Heroes
  • Children's fiction
  • Good and evil, fiction
  • Magic, fiction
  • Heroes, fiction

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ISBN 9780439856263 · Scholastic Paperbacks

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