Wonkenstein (The Creature From My Closet) by Obert Skye is a “picture novel” in the style of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books; this type of book is quite popular with elementary school children with its mixture of hand-sketched drawings and common-language prose.  As most of the books in this category, it features middle school-aged characters, but it targets an elementary school-aged reading audience.

The plot was thin and inane–even for this type of book.  The underachieving protagonist was neither compelling nor charming and the supporting characters were undeveloped and irrelevant.  Although this type of book is never written to be high art, this book felt pointless.  However, some young readers may find the drawings entertaining and this book may appeal to those reluctant readers that need some visual interest to coax them into reading a novel.
Content Analysis:

Profanity/Language:  None

Violence/Gore: One picture (hypothetical) of a dead character with a knife in leg and an arrow in heart; report of minor injuries.

Sex/Nudity:  None

Mature Subject Matter:

Trespassing

Alcohol / Drug Use:

None