Zombie Baseball Beatdown

ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN by Paola Bacigalupi. Read by Sunil Malhotra. Listening Library, 2014.

Espionage, cows,
Immigration, zombies, and
Mysteries to solve.

Timmy Failure returns

TIMMY FAILURE: NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE by Stephan Pastis. Candlewick Press, 2014.

Mysteries to solve
Timmy Failure on the job
Criminals beware!

A different kind of love

ZOMBIE IN LOVE by Kelly DiPucchio with illustrations by Scott Campbell. Atheneum, 2012.

Is it possible for a zombie to find true love in time for Valentine's Day? Perhaps a personal ad ill change the infintitely bad luck our erstwhile zombie has with girls. And here are a couple fo zombies from the Houston area Zombuie Walk at the Montgomery Teen Book Festival this past weekend.

Seeing ghosts

Henry Winkler and Linn Oliver team up again for a new series, Ghost Buddy. Book #1: HERO TO ZERO (Scholastic, January 2012) introduces readers to Billy Broccoli as he and his family move to a new home and a new school. Billy now has a stepsister and while he might not exactly think of himself in a Cinderella situation, he is not exactly happy with the move. Add to the fears about a new school the fact that his bedroom in the new house is in shades of lavender and pink. One more complication: it comes equipped with a ghost named Hoover Porterhouse. Billy's problems are just beginning in this adventure, mystery, school story that is certain to please those readers who already love Hank Zipzer and welcome new fans as well. <664>





Capstone's imprint, Stone Arch, highlights short easy to read chapter books. BASEMENT OF THE UNDEAD by Jason Strange (Capstone 2011) features zombies living in the basement of the school, school bullies, and lots of chases. Jason Strange is the narrator and the "detective" who investigates strange occurrences in Raven's Pass. If there are monsters to be found, leave it to Jason Strange to come to the rescue in the nick of time. <665>