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Middle School Bites 2: Tom Bites Back Hardcover – Illustrated, September 8, 2020
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"Fast! Funny! Fresh!" - Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series
"What are you waiting for? Open this book right now!" - Tom Angleberger, New York Times best-selling author of the Origami Yoda series
Eleven-year-old Tom was bit by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie right before the first day of middle school. It was a weird and crazy day. And the worst part? Even a Vam-Wolf-Zom needs to go to sixth grade. At least his neighbors and classmates seem to have accepted him. Annie even wants him to join her band!
Plus, there are some cool things about having vampire and werewolf traits. Tom has night vision now, and he's super-fast and strong. (There's nothing cool about being a zombie.) Maybe life as a Vam-Wolf-Zom will be as EXCELLENT as his best friend, Zeke, predicted.
But when the bat that bit Tom shows up again, and speaks to him, he knows it's time for a new plan. Tom's laugh-out-loud adventures continue as he navigates normal sixth grade stuff - singing in a band, dressing up for Halloween, tolerating his older sister - despite being the only Vam-Wolf-Zom known to humankind.
Created by an Emmy-nominated writer for SpongeBob, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, and CatDog, this hilarious series is illustrated with clever, cartoon-style art on every spread. Don't miss Middle School Bites, the first book in the series!
- Reading age8 - 12 years
- Print length360 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 7
- Dimensions5.83 x 0.97 x 8.55 inches
- PublisherHoliday House
- Publication dateSeptember 8, 2020
- ISBN-100823446158
- ISBN-13978-0823446155
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"A middle school student who is a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie,
and still fits in better than we did at that age. Laugh out loud funny and real helpful tips for getting through those grades. We wish we'd read it then."
— Penn & Teller, hosts of Fool Us and world-renowned stage magicians
Don't miss any of the monstrously fun books in the series!
"Fast! Funny! Fresh!
You'll be tearing through these pages, even if you're not a vam-wolf-zom!"
—Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series
"A fang-tastic kickoff."
—Booklist
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About the Author
Mark Fearing has never been bitten by a werewolf, a zombie, or a vampire. But he was bitten by the creative bug which is far more dangerous. Books he's illustrated include The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot, by Margaret McNamara, and Ben Franklin's in My Bathroom!, by Candace Fleming, as well as The Great Thanksgiving Escape, which he also wrote. He lives in Oregon with his family.
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- Publisher : Holiday House; Illustrated edition (September 8, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 360 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0823446158
- ISBN-13 : 978-0823446155
- Reading age : 8 - 12 years
- Grade level : 3 - 7
- Item Weight : 1.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.83 x 0.97 x 8.55 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,347,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,123 in Children's Paranormal Fantasy
- #6,323 in Children's School Issues
- #17,382 in Children's Humor
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About the authors
Raised by a pack of wild geese, Mark learned to fly at an early age. No? How about - raised by gophers Mark learned to dig extremely fast at a young age. No matter the truth of those first statements I can say that I grew up near St. Paul Minnesota and ended up graduating from The University of Wisconsin, Madison. I enjoyed studying ancient art history, comparative literature and Chinese, but ended up with a BFA focused on design. I proceeded to work in politics, advertising and graphic design in Madison until I transferred myself to Los Angeles where I worked in graphic design, motion graphics, video games, animation for TV and film and created several TV shows that never saw the light of day or even the glow of a TV. I later attend the MFA program in animation at UCLA where I made The Thing with No Head. The best animated short ever made. Ever. OK. That's subjective.
I ended up working as an art director for Sony Online, a new media creative director for Pearson Television and a current production manager for Walt Disney TV Animation.
Along the way I was writing and illustrating books. Sending them out and enjoying the resulting letters that varied between condemnation 'you should never work in children's books' to, 'send more samples'.
In 2007 a small publisher in Long Beach published several of my comic books. In 2009, Tricycle Press published The Book That Eats People, which I illustrated and since then I have been fortunate enough to work on 7 additional books including The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot from Random House, Earthling!, a graphic novel for readers 8 and up from Chronicle Books and So You Want To Catch Bigfoot from Candlewick Press.
My favorite genres are science fiction, horror and humor. Or a combination of all three.
And oddly enough, geese didn't teach me to fly. It was the gophers that taught me that. Who'd a guessed!?
Visit my website - https://www.markfearing.com
Steven Banks is an Emmy nominated head writer of SpongeBob Squarepants. His books include the series, Middle School Bites about Tom, the VamWolfZom (Holiday House) and YA novel, King of the Creeps (Knopf). He co-wrote Shadowland, with the dance/theater company, Pilobolus, which has been performed in 40 countries and seen by a million people (wow). His plays include Looking at Christmas (Broadway Play Publishing) and Love Tapes, co-written with Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller. He wrote and starred in the one-person show, Home Entertainment Center now streaming on Amazon Prime. He has appeared at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The New York International Fringe. TV credits include Penn & Teller’s Fool Us, Mom, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Parks and Recreation and My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He is a graduate of the Ringling Brother’s & Barnum and Bailey’s Clown College. Really.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020Both of my kids were THRILLED that the second book in the series finally arrived. COVID cabin fever is very real at our home so this was a welcome distraction. So far both prefer this story to the first
book and they are looking forward to the next installment!
5.0 out of 5 stars Spooky adventures continue !Both of my kids were THRILLED that the second book in the series finally arrived. COVID cabin fever is very real at our home so this was a welcome distraction. So far both prefer this story to the first
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020
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Images in this review - Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2021Middle School Bites: Tom Bites Back, by Steven Banks, is a humorous book with an intriguing twist. Tom, the main character of the book, has gone through some unfortunate events in his first week of middle school. These include being turned into a vampire (he thought it was a spider bite), being bitten by a werewolf (he thought it was just a big dog), and being bitten by a zombie (at a creepy old carnival at a gas station), and that is just the unusual stuff! This has turned him into the world’s first Vam-Wolf-Zom.
The book starts out with Tom and his family visiting their grandmother’s house, which is very far from his neighborhood, on the night of a full moon. His Gram really likes old horror movies and things of that nature, so Gram is really interested in Tom. After Gram sees him turn, Tom says goodnight and goes to bed. This is where he finds a bat sitting outside the window. The bat is Martha Livingston-the bat that turned him into a vampire. Tom has a lot of questions, but before he can ask anything Martha turns into a girl!
The majority of the book is filled with Tom trying to be a normal kid, which is not possible, because of what Tom is. The book has a good balance of funny, serious sections, action sections. This results in an interesting, light, enjoyable read.
A difference between this book and many other books is that Tom does not try to hide the fact that he is a Vam-Wolf-Zom. All his other classmates, teachers, and basically everyone knows that he is a Vam-Wolf-Zom from the start of the book. This makes for a book that is refreshing, because it isn’t cluttered with Tom trying to hide his true form.
This book literally bites, in a good way that is. It is a rather entertaining read (unless you do not like Werewolves, Zombies, or Vampires, and if that is the case, why in the world are you reading this book). Unfortunately, this book is intended for younger audiences, so I did not enjoy the book as much as I would have if I were younger. The book, although intended for younger audiences, can be an entertaining read for any age, albeit a short one for more advanced readers. In the end, I give this book a solid 3 bats out of 5, as it is an entertaining read and one that any young horror enthusiast will enjoy!
Reviewed by Sam S., 14, Kentuckiana Mensa