David Lubar
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 4
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Bizarre tales of a teenager going to the school dance with a robot, a Thanksgiving dinner interrupted by turkeys looking for revenge, and other strange short stories.
Author
Series
Looniverse volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Ed, his friends, and even his little sister are eager to go to Dinosaur Discovery, but ever since he found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things happen around Ed--so he is not surprised to find that a blue dinosaur has followed his sister home.
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three stories about clothes-eating bacteria, a zombie apocalypse, a monstrous butcher shop, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A mold problem disrupts things at Nathan's school and his class is forced to share a space with first and eighth graders including Rodney the bully's older brother. Meanwhile, Nathan notices that a putrid smell is following him around and tries to discover its source.
7) Dead guy spy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When fifth-grader Nathan Abercrombie, a half-dead zombie whose body cannot heal itself, is approached by messengers from the Bureau of Useful Misadventures (B.U.M.) and offered the chance for a cure if he will become a spy, he doesn't realize that B.U.M. is not exactly trustworthy.
Author
Series
Looniverse volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ed and his friends accidentally sign up for a playwriting contest, a dangerous activity for someone who possesses the Silver Center, and what they write is pretty strange, but when it comes to actually performing the play, Ed's magic coin lends new meaning to the words "stage fright."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, fifth-grader Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula, Hurt-Be-Gone, and becomes a half-dead zombie, a condition which, he soon discovers, has some real advantages.
Author
Series
Monsterrific tales volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After waking up as a vampire, Sebastian, a student at Washington Irving Elementary School, has only one chance to turn back into a human and time is running out.
11) Hidden talents
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Martin arrives at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, he falls in with a group of boys with psychic powers and discovers something surprising about himself.
Author
Series
Monsterrific tales volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Students at Washington Irving Elementary School are turning into monsters, including Sebastian and Angie, so when their little brother Rory turns into a ghost, he decides to visit the local haunted house to ask the spirits there how to turn back into a normal boy.
Author
Series
Monsterrific tales volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Science teacher Ms. Clevis, one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving Elementary School, splits into mean substitute Ms. Hyde and sweet sixth-grader Jackie after accidentally putting some chemicals into her breakfast smoothie.
14) Goop soup
Author
Series
Nathan Abercrombie, accidental zombie volume 3
Nathan Abercrombe accidental zombie volume 3
Nathan Abercrombie accidental zombie volume 3
Nathan Abercrombe accidental zombie volume 3
Nathan Abercrombie accidental zombie volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Nathan's career as a half-dead zombie spy may be over just as his training has begun when he and friends Abigail and Mookie enter East Craven's sewers to investigate the greasy green goop dripping from every faucet in town.
Author
Series
Monsterrific tales volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Angie, a student at Washington Irving Elementary School, turns into a witch, she must figure out how to pass the power along to the right person--before it lands in the hands of the wrong person.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Eighth grader Mercer, whose passion is the fantasy role-playing game Wizards of the Warrior World, hopes to use a fund raiser to bring a gaming convention to his middle school, but instead he attracts four genuine wizards who are trapped on Earth and want his help in returning to their own world.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, fifth-grader Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula, Hurt-Be-Gone, and becomes a half-dead zombie, a condition which, he soon discovers, has some real advantages.
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-five stories of laughter and terror to tickle your horror bone. Learn the real reason why clowns are scary, discover the truth about allergy shots, and find out why you should always be nice to your math teacher. Full of thirsty vampires, hungry insects, evil power tools, singing Girl Scouts, and other terrors, these tales go darker, weirder, and stranger than ever before. And at the end of the book, the author reveals the inspiration behind...
19) Dog days
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Larry is enjoying the summer, playing baseball and taking care of the stray dogs he's brought home. Then his brother Paul finds another stray in an alley under mysterious circumstances, but the dog won't come home with them. When the price of dog food rises and the price paid for scrap falls, Larry has to find a new way to feed his dogs and try to help the dog from the alley.
20) Punished!
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.