These 35 tales range from silly to horrifying. As an added bonus at the end of the book, the author provides a behind-the-scenes look at the inspirations for the stories in this collection.
Nathan Abercrombie is getting used to his rotten life as a zombie. One day, Nathan is approached by the secret organization B.U.M. (Bureau of Useful Misadventures), which offers him a cure in exchange for his help. Nathan jumps at the chance to be the world's first zombie spy, but soon learns that B.U.M. isn't what it seems.
Full of thirsty vampires, hungry insects, evil power tools, vengeful teachers, singing Girl Scouts, and other terrors, David Lubars third volume of warped weenie tales goes darker, weirder, and stranger than ever before.
Full of thirsty vampires, hungry insects, evil power tools, vengeful teachers, singing Girl Scouts, and other terrors, Lubar's third volume of warped weenie tales goes darker, weirder, and stranger than ever before.
For his third collection of 35 stories, master of the macabre Lubar has traveled deep into the shadowy corners of his mind, looking for new ways to amuse and terrify his fans. Includes a reading guide.
It's a stinky situation when Nathan's school, Belgosi Upper Elementary, develops a mold problem. But what's the reason behind the stinky, putrid, rotten smell that seems to be following Nathan around?
When Mr. Murphy finds out that evil organization RABID is using a student academic and athletic competition to recruit agents, he asks Nathan, Abigail, and Mookie to form a team and enter the contest. Things go terribly wrong when Nathan's nemesis, Rodney the bully, forms his own team to go up against Nathan.
When Mr. Murphy finds out that evil organization RABID is using a student academic and athletic competition to recruit agents, he asks Nathan, Abigail, and Mookie to form a team and enter the contest. Things go terribly wrong when Nathan's nemesis, Rodney the bully, forms his own team to go up against Nathan. Soon Rodney and his pals start to notice some very odd things about Nathan. Will they discover Nathan's secret and expose his zombie ide...
For his third collection of 35 stories, master of the macabre Lubar has traveled deep into the shadowy corners of his mind, looking for new ways to amuse and terrify his fans. Includes a reading guide.
History from Things explores the many ways objects-defined broadly to range from Chippendale tables and Italian Renaissance pottery to seventeenth-century parks and a New England cemetery-can reconstruct and help reinterpret the past. Eighteen essays describe how to "read" artifacts, how to "listen to" landscapes and locations, and how to apply methods and theories to historical inquiry that have previously belonged solely to archaeologists, a...
Chad finds a whole new summer occupation--he wants to be the clown who sits inside the dunk tank and goads people into taking a shot. What could be better than using his razor-sharp wit against a stranger? But Chad soon discovers he's entered a strange and twisted world where humor packs a loaded punch.
