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Hour of the Pumpkin Queen by Megan Shepherd

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Hour of the Pumpkin Queen

Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas

Megan Shepherd

Disney - RHCB · Print & ebook · July 8, 2025

Reading lane: Halloween Stories

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Join Sally on a time-bending adventure to save Halloween Town—and her beloved Jack Skellington—in the hit series based on Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas !

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Why This Clicks

Clockwork Halloween

A time-bending fantasy pairs Halloween Town’s familiar weirdness with questions of duty, love, and the future.

Come here for

  • Sally navigating royal duties, family ties, and a desire to unite the Hinterlands
  • A portal, a tampered clock, and a race to reset time

Expect

  • A supernatural adventure with returning Nightmare Before Christmas characters
  • Questions about what the future asks Sally to sacrifice

Book Details

Authors
Megan Shepherd
Publisher
Disney - RHCB
Published
July 8, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Halloween Stories · JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy / Magic
Reading lane
Halloween Stories

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Dark YA Fantasy

  • Holiday YA

  • Paranormal YA Romance

About This Book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Join Sally on a time-bending adventure to save Halloween Town—and her beloved Jack Skellington—in the hit series based on Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas ! And don’t miss the first book in the series, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen, available now! Can Jack and Sally’s love stand the test of time? One year has passed since Sally wed her beloved Jack Skellington and stepped into her role as queen of Halloween Town. Even with her J...

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Join Sally on a time-bending adventure to save Halloween Town—and her beloved Jack Skellington—in the hit series based on Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas ! And don’t miss the first book in the series, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen, available now! Can Jack and Sally’s love stand the test of time? One year has passed since Sally wed her beloved Jack Skellington and stepped into her role as queen of Halloween Town. Even with her Jack at her side, though, being a ruler isn’t easy, and Sally feels uncertain of her future. Her seams are stretched thin with her royal duties, her newfound family in Dream Town, and a desire to bring citizens from across the Hinterlands together. Then a simple potion demonstration at Sally’s inaugural Halloween exhibition goes horribly wrong, and things unravel fast: Sally and her new rag doll apprentice, Luna, fall through a mysterious portal, landing in a new realm called Time Town. They discover that someone has tampered with the clock that controls Halloween Town, and Sally cannot return to the present-day version of her home unless she finds the culprit and resets time. Sally and Luna embark on a journey to unmask the truth, encountering more towns, friends, and foes along the way. But time is ticking, and as Sally fights to save Jack and her hometown, she wonders what kind of future she really wants—and what she must sacrifice to get it.

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