Synopses & Reviews
Kids can be such monsters. Literally.
From the award-winning author of Hidden Talents, two remarkable short story collections - Kidzilla and The Witch's Monkey - together for the first time. Plus several brand new stories. Each hilarious and harrowing. A substitute teacher finds out she has some monsters for students. A group of kids attempt a levitation trick with hair-raising results. A neighborhood is so boring the grown ups are turning into...well...you know. And dozens more.
So don't be a weenie! Read these stories!
Review
“These stories creeped us out — and we loved it. Four stars!” —
Chicago Tribune“Really off the wall stories. Theyre funny thrillers that scare you out of your seat, but have you laughing all the time.” —Walter The Giant Storyteller
“Clever, creepy, and full of surprises.” —James Howe
Synopsis
Kids can be such monsters. Literally.
From the award-winning author of Hidden Talents, two remarkable short story collections - Kidzilla and The Witch's Monkey - together for the first time. Plus several brand new stories. Each hilarious and harrowing. A substitute teacher finds out she has some monsters for students. A group of kids attempt a levitation trick with hair-raising results. A neighborhood is so boring the grown ups are turning into...well...you know. And dozens more.
So don't be a weenie! Read these stories!
Synopsis
A collection of hilarious and harrowing stories.
About the Author
David Lubar created a sensation with his debut novel, Hidden Talents, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Thousands of kids and educators across the country have voted Hidden Talents onto over twenty state lists. David is also the author of True Talents, the sequel to Hidden Talents; Flip, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror selection; five short story collections, including Invasion of the Road Weenies, The Curse of the Campfire Weenies, The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies, and Attack of the Vampire Weenies; and the Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie series. Lubar grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, and he has also lived in New Brunswick, Edison, and Piscataway, NJ, and Sacramento, CA. Besides writing, he has also worked as a video game programmer and designer. He now lives in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
Fairy in a jar --Thetouch --At the wrist --Crizzles --Light as a feather, stiff as a board --Theevil tree --Kidzilla --Everyone's a winner --Alittle off the top --Theslide --Big kids --Your worst nightmare --Phone ahead --Sand sharks --On the road --Thelanguage of beasts --Class trip --Collared --Thesubstitute --Thevampire's rat --Slugs --Snakeland --Burger and fries --Game over --Smunkies --Pretty Polly --Join the party --Thebillion legger --Thebattle-ax --In the land of the lawn weenies --Sunburn --Thin silk --Thewitch's monkey --As you say --Hide --Where does all this stuff come from?