Wide Eye

Welcome, believers! Welcome, skeptics! Welcome, wishy-washers!

Most people don't believe in the Wide Eye monster, but ten-year-old Meridian knows better. Every summer she helps run her grandpa's quirky lakeside museum, collecting evidence that Wide Eye is real!

But while tracking the monster, Meridian uncovers a new mystery. It starts with an old family secret: one that her grandpa refuses to explain. And the more Meridian hunts for answers, the more she suspects that the truth is bound to Wide Eye itself...Praise for Wide Eye:

'Heartfelt and mysterious - a monster success!' Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster

'A masterclass in how to write for children and make them laugh' Iqbal Hussain, author of The Night I Borrowed Time

'Warm, fun and thoughtful' Rebecca Orwin, author of The Monsters at the End of the World

'A beautiful book' Eilish Fisher, author of Fia and the Last Snow Deer



For twenty years, Jennifer Liss has worked in educational publishing. She has written dozen of books for struggling readers, and is the 2022 recipient of the merit-based Highlights Foundation Lee Bennett Hopkins Scholarship. Jennifer lives in California and enjoys spending time in small, out-of-the-way towns like Wide Eye, that harbour lots of secrets.