David Lubar Books In Order

Accidental Monsters / Monsterrific Tale Books In Publication Order

  1. The Vanishing Vampire (1997)
  2. The Unwilling Witch (1997)
  3. The Wavering Werewolf (1997)
  4. The Gloomy Ghost (1998)
  5. The Bully Bug (2014)

Hidden Talents Books In Publication Order

  1. Hidden Talents (1999)
  2. True Talents (2007)

Weenies Books In Publication Order

  1. In the Land of the Lawn Weenies (2003)
  2. Invasion of the Road Weenies (2005)
  3. The Curse of the Campfire Weenies (2007)
  4. Attack of the Vampire Weenies (2011)
  5. Beware the Ninja Weenies (2012)
  6. Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies (2014)
  7. Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies (2017)
  8. Check Out the Library Weenies (2018)

Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie Books In Publication Order

  1. My Rotten Life (2009)
  2. Dead Guy Spy (2010)
  3. Goop Soup (2010)
  4. The Big Stink (2010)
  5. Enter the Zombie (2011)

Looniverse Books In Publication Order

  1. Stranger Things (2013)
  2. Meltdown Madness (2013)
  3. Dinosaur Disaster (2013)
  4. Stage Fright (2014)

Hyde and Shriek Books In Publication Order

  1. Hyde and Shriek (2013)

Monster Itch Books In Publication Order

  1. Ghost Attack (2017)
  2. Vampire Trouble (2017)

Teeny Weenies Books In Publication Order

  1. Freestyle Frenzy: And Other Stories (2019)
  2. The Intergalactic Petting Zoo: And Other Stories (2019)
  3. The Boy Who Cried Wool: And Other Stories (2019)
  4. My Favorite President: And Other Stories (2019)
  5. Fishing for Pets: And Other Stories (2020)
  6. The Eighth Octopus: And Other Stories (2020)

Emperor of the Universe Books In Publication Order

  1. Emperor of the Universe (2019)
  2. The Clone Catastrophe (2021)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Monster Road (1999)
  2. Dunk (2002)
  3. Wizards of the Game (2003)
  4. Flip (2003)
  5. Dog Days (2004)
  6. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (2005)
  7. Punished! (2006)
  8. Numbed! (2013)
  9. Sophomores and Other Oxymorons (2015)
  10. Character, Driven (2016)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. Kidzilla & Other Tales (1997)
  2. The Psychozone (1997)
  3. It Seemed Funny at the Time (2011)
  4. Pulling up Stakes and Other Piercing Stories (2011)
  5. Zero Tolerance Meets the Alien Death Ray and OtherInappropriate Stories (2012)
  6. Extremities (2013)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature! (1995)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Every Man for Himself (2005)

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Hidden Talents Book Covers

Weenies Book Covers

Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie Book Covers

Looniverse Book Covers

Hyde and Shriek Book Covers

Monster Itch Book Covers

Teeny Weenies Book Covers

Emperor of the Universe Book Covers

Standalone Novels Book Covers

Short Story Collections Book Covers

Non-Fiction Book Covers

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David Lubar Books Overview

The Gloomy Ghost

One minute Rory is a normal kid hanging out in his backyard. The next, he finds himself walking through the back porch as a ghost! Digest .

The Bully Bug

One minute Rory is a normal kid hanging out in his backyard. The next, he finds himself walking through the back porch as a ghost! Digest .

Hidden Talents

So I wasn’t in cuffs but it felt like going to prison. It was the sort of place where people kept broken machines, old tires, and other stuff they didn’t need. Yeah, this was the place for things nobody wanted. End of the trip. End of the line.
Martin Anderson, 13

Welcome to Edgeview Alternative School.

For Martin Anderson, it’s the end of the road. Literally. He’s already been kicked out of every school he’s ever attended. Edgeview is the last one that will take him. His teachers have given up on him. So have his parents. Everyone has given up on Martin Anderson. Even Martin.

Why Edgeview?

Martin has a bit of a problem respecting authority. He can’t help it. It’s like insulting adults is his special talent. And since Edgeview is a warehouse for the system’s freaks and rejects, Martin fits right in. That is, until he falls in with a group of five misfits who are so messed up they make the other Edgeview delinquents seem like choirboys. Even the freaks call them freaks.

Unknown to the five, however, each possesses a hidden talent. A remarkable, powerful talent.

Martin discovers the key that will unlock the secret of their Hidden Talents. And in the process he will battle his own worst enemy: himself.

True Talents

So I wasn’t in cuffs but it felt like going to prison. It was the sort of place where people kept broken machines, old tires, and other stuff they didn’t need. Yeah, this was the place for things nobody wanted. End of the trip. End of the line.
Martin Anderson, 13

Welcome to Edgeview Alternative School.

For Martin Anderson, it’s the end of the road. Literally. He’s already been kicked out of every school he’s ever attended. Edgeview is the last one that will take him. His teachers have given up on him. So have his parents. Everyone has given up on Martin Anderson. Even Martin.

Why Edgeview?

Martin has a bit of a problem respecting authority. He can’t help it. It’s like insulting adults is his special talent. And since Edgeview is a warehouse for the system’s freaks and rejects, Martin fits right in. That is, until he falls in with a group of five misfits who are so messed up they make the other Edgeview delinquents seem like choirboys. Even the freaks call them freaks.

Unknown to the five, however, each possesses a hidden talent. A remarkable, powerful talent.

Martin discovers the key that will unlock the secret of their hidden talents. And in the process he will battle his own worst enemy: himself.

In the Land of the Lawn Weenies

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!

Invasion of the Road Weenies

Watch out for the road weenies!
A town is overrun by road weenies a.k.a. joggers who never smile. A girl thinks she’s too old for Halloween…
until she finds a special pair of gloves. A boy takes a shortcut to an unexpected place. A mummy takes his revenge, one little piece at a time…
. Welcome to the weird and wacky world of award winning storyteller and master of the macabre, David Lubar. These thirty five tales ranging from the silly and offbeat to flat out horrifying are just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark. As an added bonus at the end of the book, David answers the question most frequently asked of writers with a behind the scenes look at the various ways he got the ideas for the stories in this collection. Don’t be a weenie. Read these stories. If you dare!

The Curse of the Campfire Weenies

A boy discovers the answer to one of the great urban mysteries: why are pigeons always pooping in parks? A second grade class learns why they should always be nice to their math teacher . An ancient predator uses the internet to search out its prey A young girl and her little brother escape a campfire weenie only to encounter something even more terrifying: a troupe of Girl Scouts singing campfire songs.

For this, his third collection of warped and creepy weenie tales, critically acclaimed author and master of the macabre David Lubar traveled deep into the shadowy corners of his mind, looking for new ways to amuse and terrify his readers. And in the tradition of In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Invasion of the Road Weenies, he reveals the inspiration behind each of the thirty five stories at the end of the book.

My Rotten Life

Ten year old Nathan Abercrombie is having a really bad day. First, Shawna Lanchester, the prettiest girl in his class, doesn t invite him to her party. Then he gets picked last in gym class. Things couldn t get any worse until he gets doused with an experimental serum that turns him into a half dead zombie!

Nathan soon discovers that being half dead isn t all bad. He doesn t need any sleep, so he can stay up all night and play games online. He doesn t feel any pain, so there’s no need to worry about Rodney the bully anymore. Still, Nathan would rather be human. Will he find a cure? Or will Nathan be half dead forever?

Fans of David Lubar s popular Weenies short story collections which have sold more than one million copies will love My Rotten Life, the first of a series of hilariously rotten adventures starring Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie.

Dead Guy Spy

Nathan Abercrombie is getting used to his rotten life as a half dead zombie. The good thing is he doesn’t feel any pain. The bad thing is his body can’t heal, so he has to be really careful not to break anything. But that’s hard to do when his wrestling obsessed gym teacher, Mr. Lomux, matches him up with Rodney the bully, who’s looking for any excuse to break Nathan’s bones. Then one day, Nathan is approached by the secret organization B.U.M. aka the Bureau of Useful Misadventures which offers him a cure in exchange for his help. Nathan jumps at the chance to become the world’s first zombie spy, but soon discovers that B.U.M. isn’t quite what it seems. Can Nathan trust them?

Goop Soup

Nathan is just getting started with his training for secret organization BUM when greasy green globs of goop start oozing from every faucet in town. Gross! When BUM asks Nathan to investigate, he and his friends Abigail and Mookie follow the trail to the smelliest place they can imagine deep in the heart of the sewers of East Craven. And what they encounter there may end Nathan’s career as a zombie spy before it has even begun .

The Big Stink

I figured, being dead, my life would become a lot simpler. I wouldn t have to take care of myself or worry about stuff like eating the right food. But dead kids have a whole different bundle of problems. Nathan AbercrombieIt’s a stinky situation when Nathan s school, Belgosi Upper Elementary, develops a mold problem and his class is forced to share space with the first graders. Soon the eighth graders show up too, including Rodney the bully s older and meaner brother, Ridley. Could he be the reason for the stinky, putrid, rotten smell that seems to be following Nathan around? It s up to Nathan, Abigail, and Mookie to solve the mystery of The Big Stink before it pollutes the entire town. Fans of David Lubar s popular Weenies short story collections, which have sold more than one and a half million copies, are sure to enjoy this fourth hilarious installment of the adventures of Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie.

Monster Road

Kevin’s Uncle Ned is a scientist and the king of klutz! When his high tech ‘life ray’ wakes up a freaky old graveyard, Ned and Kevin skip town and begin a zany road trip with monsters waiting at every turn.

Dunk

To the Bozo, the clown who sits inside the cage above the dunk tank, everyone is a ‘mark.’ Once he has zeroed in on his victim, the Bozo comes up with the perfect wisecrack-something funny enough to make people stop and listen, and cruel enough to hook the mark. Now the mark is bent on revenge, and he’ll buy however many balls he needs to hit the target and see the Bozo plunge into the water. It’s a game that fascinates Chad, who lives on the Jersey shore, where the boardwalk turns into an amuseme*nt park every summer. He wishes he could shout at the world from the safety of a cage-his dad ran out on him and his mom, and now everyone seems convinced that Chad will wind up a loser, too. He’s determined to get a job playing the Bozo, something he knows he’d be good at. Suddenly, Chad finds himself thrown into a strange and twisted world, where humor has far more power than he ever imagined.

With a crackling plot and smart, funny dialogue, Dunk pulls readers along on a journey that exposes a universal truth: We all need to laugh.

Wizards of the Game

Mercer Dickenson lives for the battle. Along with his warrior mage, Shath’dra, Mercer plans to dominate the world of Zule with wealth and power. But first, there is the little problem of Geography class…
. Such is the real world for Mercer, an eighth grader who loves nothing more than the role playing fantasy game Wizards of the Warrior World. Until, that is, a group of students protest the game for its simulated use of magic. The local press picks up on the story, and the next thing he knows, Mercer is being stalked by four real life wizards who desperately need his help. Suddenly the role playing has become all too real, and Mercer’s own life is at stake. David Lubar has written a funny, tongue in cheek fantasy very much in the tradition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Flip

If you could become anyone in the world…
who would you be?For Ryan and Taylor McKenzie the answer is simple: anyone but me!Eighth graders Taylor and Ryan are twins. But that’s where the similarities end. Ryan never met a test he couldn’t fail. Give him a foot, he’ll take an inch. Given half a chance, there isn’t anything he won’t screw up. According to his teachers and parents, Ryan is the Big Disappointment. Taylor, on the other hand, always turns in her homework on time. She’s the perfect student. Her idea of fun is reading entries from the encyclopedia or planning long trips to the museum. But lately Taylor and Ryan share at least one thing in common: nothing seems to be working out as they planned. It’s like the rules have changed, and nobody told them what the new rules are. No matter who you are, everyone wants you to be someone else. But who?They may have found an answer: mysterious disks that magically allow them to transform to ‘flip’ into legendary figures from the past. Hercules. Cleopatra. Amelia Earhart. Einstein. The possibilities are endless!Who knew being a hero could be so easy! But as Ryan and Taylor will discover, it’s being yourself that is really hard.

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

Starting high school is never easy. Seniors take your lunch money. Girls you ve known forever are suddenly beautiful and unattainable. And you can never get enough sleep. Could there be a worse time for Scott’s mother to announce she s pregnant? Scott decides high school would be a lot less overwhelming if it came with a survival manual, so he begins to write down tips for his new sibling. Meanwhile, he s trying his best to capture the attention of Julia, the freshman goddess. In the process, Scott manages to become involved in nearly everything the school has to offer. So while he tries to find his place in the confusing world of high school, win Julia s heart, and keep his sanity, Scott will be recording all the details for his sibling s and your enjoyment.

Punished!

Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library literally. When Logan slams into the reference guy in the baseme*nt and gives him a little lip, Logan gets punished, really and truly punished. He has three days to complete three tasks before Professor Wordsworth will lift the magical punishment that keeps getting Logan in even more trouble.

Kidzilla & Other Tales

Don’t bother looking for PsychoZone on a Map. It’s not a place…
but a state of mind where the worlds of reality and imagination collide. A place where a kid can wake up and have morphed into a giant lizard. Or where one can place a long distance phone call…
to the future. Or where the monsters of your worst nightmares come alive, and where car trips that are sooo boring you think they’ll last forever…
In the PsychoZone.

The Psychozone

A boy discovers his neighborhood has turned into a Land of the Lawn Weenies. Sound peculiar? How about zombies behind the counter of your local hamburger stand? A roadside motel where the guests are on the menu? A party where everyone who turns up is…
dead? One thing is certain: you’re not in Kansas, anymore!Welcome to The Psychozone. It’s that midnight of the mind place where the road to reality makes a sharp turn down a winding detour to the twisted world of the imagination. Just remember: There are no U turns in The Psychozone.

It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature!

Computers are everywhere, and they’ve provoked a wide variety of observations off the mark predictions, bad advice, and some startling insights into the power and revolutionary significance of this pervasive technology. Lubar has compiled a collection that offers wry and discerning commentary on the triumphs and tribulations of the computer age, with quotes by everyone from Steve Jobs to Woody Allen.

Every Man for Himself

What does ‘being a guy’ actually mean? some of the most talented writers are about to show you. in this diverse and original collection of short stories, ten well known writers, including Mo willems, walter Dean Myers, ron Koertge, ren salda a, Jr., David levithan, and David lubar, share their stories about the trials and tribulations of being a guy. sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always honest, each story portrays the reality of being an everyday guy who gets a few life lessons and still manages to come out on top.

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