Misfit Mansion

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends meets Hilda and the Troll in this spooky and sweet middle grade graphic novel about a monster girl who sneaks out of her foster home and into a human town in search of a forever family but finds more than she bargained for.

Despite her monstrous appearance, Iris has never felt like she belongs in a mansion filled with kelpies and gorgons and unicorns. She longs to find a family. Unfortunately, she and her housemates are trapped in a "foster home for horrors" run by former paranormal investigator Mr. Halloway. So, when a human boy named Mathias breaks the house's sealing spell, Iris and her companions are set free upon the town of Dead End Springs.

What Iris doesn't know is that Mathias is also a paranormal hunter (the kind who seeks to capture and destroy the horrors), or that there are other dangers ahead. As Iris searches for a home, she makes human friends, explores a brand-new world...and stumbles upon a dark secret that Halloway has kept locked in the basement of the house. Will this long-slumbering mystery destroy the family Iris so desperately seeks?

Author: Kay Davault
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/25/2023
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.50w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781665903080
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 521895 / Misfit Mansion


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 05/22/2023
School Library Journal 06/01/2023 pg. 79
Booklist 07/01/2023 pg. 54

About the Author
Kay Davault is an illustrator and comic artist based in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the author of the graphic novels Star Knights, Misfit Mansion, Mayhem at Misfit Mansion, and Oddity Woods. Kay spends her time creating stories about cute characters in vibrant worlds, which may or may not contain a monster or five. Visit her at KayDavault.com or @KayDavault.