A Weekend with the Zombies - Tapa blanda

The big Halloween is here—four sixth graders are going trick or treating by themselves for the first time. Jason and his best friends, Olivia, Kyle and Frank begin their Halloween fun with parties at school and at Jason’s house. When the setting sun paints the pre-night sky with a beautiful palette of orange tones, the four, who are full of pizza, start out trick or treating. Running and laughing and trying to scare each other, they are filling their bags with candy. But then, two zombies, Om and Um, sent by Dr. Dreadfool come to the neighborhood and wreck the fun. The four sixth graders learn they must work together if they are to escape Dr. Dreadfool’s evil net. ----- A Weekend with the Zombies began when Nathan Albrinck, one of the authors, said, “Grandpa, turn the lights off and tell a scary story.” The lights went off, and Grandpa Thane Brown, the other author, began the story. Nathan so enjoyed the action-packed tale that it continued for several weeks. The book is the authors’ adaptation of those episodes.

Both authors are active in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. They will be donating 20% of their profits to that charity to help "Fund a Cure." ---- Cincinnati residents, the authors are a grandfather-grandson team. They have worked together for several years on A Weekend with the Zombies. ---- Thane Brown loves science fiction, fantasies, spy thrillers and history. Coming from several generations of writers, he has published a textbook on economics and has written a number of newspaper and technical articles. This is his first venture into children’s writing. ---- Nathan Albrinck, a high school honors student, attends the Cincinnati Country Day School. He has brought his appreciation and understanding of literature to the creation of A Weekend with the Zombies. He thoroughly enjoys travel, having already visited a variety of places in the US and abroad. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis and basketball as well as hanging with his friends.