The Pinkaboos: Bitterly and the Giant Problem

By Jake Gosselin and Laura Gosselin

As young "Frights", they will learn how to chase away the fears of little human girls by entering their dreams and teaching them how to overcome their nightmares. But Bitterly, the most promising "Fright", must face the school bully and some nightmares of her own. Creators Laura and Jake Gosselin offer an empowering book series for girls and young readers that presents the challenges of childhood through the thrilling and magical world of The Pinkaboos.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Release date: Sep 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781449484231

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PROLOGUE

Molly pedaled faster than she had ever pedaled before. Sweat beaded on her forehead. The giant was after her again.

He lumbered behind her, cracked lips snarling around a broken set of yellow teeth, filthy tattered rags for clothes. His club, an uprooted oak tree, hung menacingly over his shoulder. Fear grabbed hold of Molly and sent her pedaling with a new boost of energy.

The giant was slow, but his strides were long, and he was catching up fast. Molly ditched her bike, ran behind a tree, and held her breath. Her hands were shaking as she clasped them together.

She could feel the giant looking for her, shaking the earth with every powerful movement. He picked up a large rock nearby, looked beneath it, then threw it back down. Molly started to climb the tree she was hiding behind. She was good at climbing trees, even though her mom and dad warned her not to. She put one leg up on a branch and hoisted herself up, keeping an eye on the giant, who had begun pulling apart some bushes behind her. Molly reached for another branch and pulled herself up more. She angled her foot onto yet a higher, thinner branch, which made a loud snapping noise when she put weight on it. She stopped. She held her breath and turned to look at the giant.

The giant had stopped looking in the bush. Molly’s heart sank as she realized his eyes were locked on her.

You be lunch! he boomed. Molly tried to scramble down the tree as fast as she could, but she only got tangled in the leaves and twigs.

The giant lurched forward and before she knew it, he was standing at the bottom of the tree. Molly froze. The giant squatted, put his arms around each side of the trunk, and, with a mighty heave, pulled the tree up, roots and all.

Molly felt herself rising into the sky. She hung on as best she could, then lost her footing and began dangling helplessly from a branch as the giant held the tree up over his head.

Noooooo! Molly yelled. Help! Somebody help me!

Reviews for The Pinkaboos

[elizajane_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

SEP 06 - This is a lot of fun! I have a certain affection for books aimed at the 7-11 age group when they are well-written, The Pinkaboos is a fun series about a school for frights. Each fright will one day find their little girl and from then on they must protect her in dreams. Bitterly is the first to get a little girl, whose fear is giants. Bitterly learns how to teach her girl, Molly, to turn the tables on the giant and scare him! Bella donna if having her own problem with a school bully when becomes the next student to get a little girl. And then the bookleaves us hanging off a cliff edge waiting for book 2. The art is an adorable mixtutre of gloom, goth and shades of bright pink! Loved it!