There are however positive role models and a positive message. There is also a lot of violence and slight swearing. The way these iron monsters take you prisoner (yes they take some of the characters prisoner) is by practically choking them. The main monsters can be seen on the cover of this book and look pretty scary. Seventh-grader Tristan Strong lost his best friend, Eddie, in a bus accident, and Tristan is dealing with grief as well as guilt because he thinks he could. There, because of this hole, the Maafa, the leader of the iron monsters, has unleashed the iron monsters upon the people of this world. Tristan is then transported to a world where fantasy characters come to life. Book 1 in the series is Tristan Strong Destroys The World: A Tristan. While Tristan chases Gumbaby out the window, he punches a 'bottle tree' which opens up a big hole in the sky. Read reviews of all the Tristan Strong books and how to read Tristan Strong in order. Tristan has 8 jobs listed on their profile. They need this journal because there are iron monsters after it, trying to use the power of it's story telling. View Tristan Strongs profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. Tristan Strong is staying with his grandparents for the summer when a strange doll, (not really a doll, her name is 'Gumbaby'), steals his dead best friends journal. This is a great book, but the main reason I don't think this is for younger kids is the whole plot. This book is sort of like a spin off of the Percy Jackson series.

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