Adam Rex Books In Order

The True Meaning of Smekday

It all starts with a school essay. When twelve year old Gratuity Tip Tucci is assigned to write five pages on The True Meaning of Smekday for the National Time Capsule contest, she’s not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens called Boov abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it Smekland in honor of glorious Captain Smek, and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity s story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J. Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity s mother at the Happy Mouse Kingdom; a cross country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this is a hilarious, perceptive, genre bending novel by a remarkable new talent.

Fat Vampire

Doug Lee is undead quite by accident attacked by a desperate vampire, he finds himself cursed with being fat and fifteen forever. When he has no luck finding some goth chick with a vampire fetish, he resorts to sucking the blood of cows under cover of the night. But it’s just not the same. Then he meets the new Indian exchange student and falls for her hard. Yeah, he wants to bite her, but he also wants to prove himself to her. But like the laws of life, love, and high school, the laws of vampire existence are complicated it’s not as easy as studying Dracula. Especially when the star of Vampire Hunters is hot on your trail in an attempt to boost ratings…
. Searing, hilarious, and always unexpected, Fat Vampire is a satirical tour de force from one of the most original writers of fiction today.

Tree-Ring Circus

In a quiet little lea, several miles out of town, a tree grows. It becomes home to sparrows, chipmunks, a whopping big bee…
a runaway clown? Two poodles? An ape? Wait a minute…
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In his quirky but realistic style, Rex creates the greatest show on earth or at least, in a tree. The surprising text is part word game, part counting game, and part mystery. The illustrations are pure, beautiful mayhem, loaded with boisterous energy and cunning little critters that readers will love to chase through the pages.

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

Being a monster isn’t all frightening villagers and sucking blood. Monsters have their trials, too. Poor Frankenstein’s cupboard is bare, Wolfman is in need of some household help, and it’s best not to get started on Dracula’s hygiene issues. What could be scarier?
Nineteen hilarious poems delve into the secret lives of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bigfoot, Godzilla, and others. In a range of styles that pay homage to everyone from Charles Schulz to John James Audubon, the monstrously talented Adam Rex uncovers horrific and clever truths you won’t want to miss.

08/01/2006

Pssst!

A child, a visit to the zoo, animals sounds like good, simple all American fun. But there’s something different about this zoo. These animals want things. Unusual things. What will they do with them? Laughs, jokes, and surprises abound in this graphic picture book about a feisty, all too helpful little girl and her role in aiding and abetting zoo animal shenanigans. Adam Rex once again reveals the hilarious hidden life of creatures we thought we knew well. 09/10/2007

Frankenstein Takes the Cake

No one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then there’s the Headless Horseman, who wishes everyone would stop drooling over his delicious pumpkin head. And can someone please tell Edgar Allan Poe to get the door already before the raven completely loses it? Sheesh. In a wickedly funny follow up to the bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, Adam Rex once again proves that monsters are just like you and me. Well, sort of. 20081001