YA Fantasy about hunting a memory-eating monster

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YA Fantasy about hunting a memory-eating monster

1meckstein227
Dec 19, 3:26 pm

YA book about hunting a memory eating monster with a twist ending

Hi all! I listened to this audio book in elementary school (early 2000s) during “quiet time.” We would all put our heads down in the dark and listen to a chapter at a time. I loved this.

We listened to this book which has always lingered in my mind because the plot is so wild.

The book follows a girl and a small group of side characters as they try to hunt down a specific monster that ate the girl’s father’s memories. The monster looked like Randal from Monsters Inc. Almost a big worm I think?

The climax of the book is when the girl has to swing on a rope to kill the memory stealer. She does this, sending its head into a dark pit, but everyone gets upset because they actually needed the monster head to give her father back his memories.

What series is this?