Danny Marble and the Application for Non-Scary Things — Jessica McHugh

Danny Marble is an expert on things that go bump in the night, but it's the last thing he wants to be. He'd gladly trade his expertise for a full night of sleep: something he hasn't had in over three years. Tortured into insomnia by scary things at home and taunted for insomnia by children at school, Danny is desperate to rid himself of his torments and all aspects of his fear. But he soon realizes that his scary things are unlike the usual phantoms conjured by a child's mind and fear is not something easily conquered. His quest calls him into strange worlds, from an island of dreams to the mythical Hades, where his path to salvation may lie in facing fears he didn't even know he had. With chilling illustrations and Jessica McHugh's eerie imagination at the helm, "Danny Marble & the Application for Non-Scary Things" is a terrifying and touching tale of one boy's struggle to conquer his demons, and above all, discover the true nature of fear.