

The Grand Guignol can hypnotize people through song and also uses magic to seal Jacob’s mouth shut.

One object, a type of potion called Angel Fire, is the only thing that can kill monsters. Many monsters in their world possess supernatural abilities, and the babysitters use potions and magical objects to resist those powers. The Order of the Babysitters fights fire with fire-at least in terms of magic. Not to mention that if she loses the kid, Kelly’s parents will give her the grounding of her life. And if the Order doesn’t rescue him fast, the Grand Guignol will bring Jacob’s nightmares to life and unleash a monster army upon the world. It’s why Kelly was targeted as a kid in the first place. They both possess an ability called the Gift of Dreams, which allows them to make their dreams come to life. It turns out that Jacob has more in common with Kelly than just being scared of monsters. But after Liz (the vice president of the Order’s Rhode Island chapter) and the other babysitters discover that Jacob was taken by the Grand Guignol-essentially boogeyman royalty-they realize the whole world is at stake. In fact, kids at school started calling her “Monster Girl.” And even though she insists that she’s only scared of real-life things now (such as climate change, inequality, talking to boys and everything she reads on Twitter), if she tells people that Jacob was taken by monsters, they’ll think she has truly lost it.Ĭomprised of teens who survived monster attacks when they were young-just like Kelly-the Order is a secret organization whose goal is to protect kids from everything that goes bump in the night.Īt first, Kelly is just concerned about getting Jacob back before his mom gets home. She herself was attacked by a boogeyman at that age, but nobody believed her.

So when Kelly’s 5-year-old charge, Jacob, is taken by creatures of the night, she isn’t quite sure what to do. And monsters come out of the closet to kidnap little children.
