Fatal Glitch: Let's Play a Game

Bys: Schrefer, Eliot and Kelly, Erin Entrada

Black Mirror meets Goosebumps in this fast-paced middle-grade horror series by New York Times bestselling authors Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer featuring tales of technology gone wrong. In this standalone installment, AI has infiltrated the newest toy craze--a stuffed animal with spooky capabilities and more sinister intentions.

Lewis's big hope for his first day at a new school is to make a friend. He never expected that friend to wind up being a hyper-intelligent cuddly panda bear. A gift from his dad, his Panda Mo Nium is an exclusive kids-only AI toy and communication device with big ideas of his own. After other students at his school get their own robot pandas, Lewis suddenly has a friend group. When Mo begins asking Lewis to perform risky and bloody tasks, Lewis goes along despite his nerves...until the line between cute and creepy blurs and he senses evil intentions behind his AI friend's glowing eyes. What does this robot panda really want from him and the other kids? The truth might be more frightening than Lewis ever imagined.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464241074
• ISBN13: 9781464241079
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Stonefruit Studio
• Length: 144 Pages
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7