This is volume 1 in Nightmare Academy .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by HarperCollins .

Dean Lorey has written extensively for TV and movies. Nightmare Academy is his first venture into children's books: he hopes it will keep you up all night. Brandon Dorman is the illustrator of Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face and The Wizard , both by Jack Prelutsky; and The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck. He received a degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University-Idaho and lives in Puyallup, Washington, with his family.