Freaky Stuff - Hardcover

Tulloch, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802796230 ISBN 13: 9780802796233

Publisher: Walker Childrens, 2007

Synopsis

Premonition n.: pre-mo-ni-shun.
Spine-tingling, gut churning feeling you get that you can see into the future where something is about to go horribly wrong!

Look out, World. Fasten your seatbelts. Brian Hobble is back! He's survived all the weird stuff that happened last year when his favorite author, Lance Cummins visited his school. And now Cummins's bestselling book Zombie Squad has been turned into a hit TV show. Brian knows the monsters on the show aren't real, but before he knows it, he has to save his little brother from flesh-eating zombies, rollerblade off a ramp 17,000,000,000 miles high, and most terrifying of all, kiss a girl. He's not saying who she is yet. He'll never crack so don't even try breaking him. Prepare to be freaked. Very freaked!

About this title

About the Author

RICHARD TULLOCH has written many plays, children's books, and for numerous television series, including Bananas in Pajamas. He's acted in a lot of TV, particularly for advertisements in Australia. He is married with two grown-up children. He lives mostly in Sydney, Australia, and part of each year in Amsterdam.

SHANE NAGLE has been a freelance illustrator since 1992, and his illustrations have appeared in many publications, including Time and Rolling Stone. He lives in Byron Bay, Australia, with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

Grade 5–8—In this follow-up to Weird Stuff (Walker, 2006), Brian Hobble's favorite book series, "Zombie Squad," has been adapted for TV. While he enjoys the show, he wonders why the producers have the Squad simply kickboxing their way out of any zombie-related trouble rather than using the humorous and creative methods of the author, Lancelot Cummins. Still in contact with Lance, who visited Brian's school in the earlier title, the boy describes the even more distressing effect the program is having on his brother, Matthew. The kindergartner is convinced that the show is real and begins trying to fight those he thinks are really zombies. Brian knows he must help his brother face reality, all the while dealing with the embarrassment of being cast as "The Kid Who Sucks" in a commercial for a new juice drink. His reaction to the changes made to his favorite books is refreshing and may cause some readers to wonder at the reason for changes when books are adapted for the television or movie screen. The accompanying sketches, with many of them on paper torn from a notebook and identified as the work of "B. Hobble," are humorous. This sequel isn't as imaginative as the first title, but it is likely to find an audience.—Amanda Raklovits, Champaign Public Library, IL
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Edition details

• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802796230
• ISBN 13: 9780802796233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Nagle Shane
• Number of pages: 208