This is the first book of The Notebook of Doom Series. The story follows Alexander, a new student, who stumbles upon a notebook that contains a detail list of all sorts of monsters. On his first day of school, he encounters new friends, bullies, monsters, and worse of all; the principal. ( )

Alexander just moved to a new town and isn't too excited because he thinks it's a weird town. He finds an interesting notebook filled with creepy drawings and balloon goons seem to be popping up everywhere. He's unsure about what's really going on and what the notebook really means. ( )

When Alexander unexpectedly finds a notebook known as The Notebook of Doom he realizes it holds all the world's top secret information about monsters. With this knowledge, it's up to him to battle these monsters, including spooky balloon goons.

Fun and funny adventures of Alexander, a new boy in the town of Stermont, as he discovers a mysterious notebook with information about the habits of local monsters, and battles the Balloon Goons with the help of his new friends. ( )

Good for those new to chapters books looking for something scary at their level. I could have done without the clueless father. ( )