Rise of the Corpses

Author

James Ponti

A tween takes on undead New Yorkers in this paranormal action-adventure that “breathes new life into the zombie genre” (Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games).

Most kids have enough to deal with between school, homework, extracurricular activities, and friends, but Molly Bigelow...

Author	Alan Gratz
ISBN	0803730756

Tokyo, 1890. Toyo is caught up in the competitive world of boarding school, and must prove himself to make the team in a new sport called besuboru. But he grieves for his uncle, a samurai who sacrificed himself for his beliefs, at a time when most of Japan is eager to shed ancient traditions. It’s only...

Author	Christopher Krovatin
ISBN	0062077406

Ian was the one who chased the majestic buck into the forest. Kendra and PJ followed him. They all hoped to return to the hiking trail before anyone noticed they were gone. However, the mountain had other plans for them: dark, sinister plans that only nightmares are made of. Now they don't know where they...

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0060890959

From Bruce Coville, the master of tween comic suspense, comes a tale of monsters, the bond between brothers, and saving the world.

Jake's baby brother, LD, may be a monster (complete with fangs and fur!), but together with his best friend, Lily, Jake isn't going to let anything happen to that...

Author

Dan Krokos

Mason Stark has a problem with minding his own business. This worked to his advantage when he stole back his world from the alien Tremist. Now Mason is called upon to use that very curiosity as a spy at the Tremist school for soldiers. At least his best friend, Merrin, daughter of the Tremist king, is there...

Author	Michelle Knudsen
ISBN	0763674362

Dragon fire, dark magic, and the bonds of friendship clash in a thrilling finale to the middle-grade fantasy trilogy by best-selling author Michelle Knudsen.

Apprentice mage Calen shocked everyone when he disappeared—apparently willingly—with Krelig, the incredibly powerful...

Author

Ava Richardson

The Darkening has risen...

Agathea Flamma and Sebastian Smith now face an overwhelming enemy. The rapid spread of the Darkening, a threat arising from the mists of legend, looms over the entire land. With both their families torn apart by the conflict and betrayal lurking around every corner,...

Author

R.G. Long

The lone survivor of a horrible shipwreck, Ealrin may be destined for greatness. He just can’t remember who he is.

Cared for by the grizzled general Holve, he discovers that Ruyn is a continent plummeting towards genocide.

Holve’s country thrives on the coexistence of elves,...

Author

Alexander C. Hoffman

Rowan has lived with his father and his brother in the hills of the Corrinthian Valley for almost seventeen years. He knows that his family's farm holds only chores and plants and predictability. He can envision exactly how his life will play out. Every day. Every season. When the apples will fall and...

Author	Eric S. Nylund
ISBN	0375868569

Twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood has always known exactly what he wanted—to win the state soccer championship, get into the best high school, and become an astronaut. Then he meets Madison and Felix, who tell him something . . . insane. They claim that 50 years ago, aliens took over the earth, and everyone...

Author	Jon Voelkel
ISBN	1606844563

A hurricane is brewing in the jungles of the Maya, and the ancient Death Lords are on the warpath. Across the world in Venice, Italy, hanging out with his blogger friend Nasty (Anastasia) Smith-Jones and eating Pizza Gelato, Max Murphy thinks he is safe from their clutches. But when a rogue octopus pulls...

Author	Bruce Hale
ISBN	0060851244

It's tough to be ZeKe.

He's got his hands full: There is his prissy, know-it-all twin sister; his mean cousin Caitlyn, who's house-sitting for his missing parents; and a bully making life tough at school (as though it wasn't hard enough already). And now, thanks to a stinky, scruffy, good-for-nothing...

Author	John Gosselink
ISBN	0810989778

Designed like a case file, chock-full of notes, journal entries, letters, e-mails, illustrations, and more, The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter is a hilarious middle-grade novel that argues why Thaddeus should be released from his in-school suspension and explains the unbelievable circumstances...

Author	Mac Barnett
ISBN	1416978194

Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. But it’s hard to leave the old game behind, and on a train trip down the California coast, Steve finds himself pulled back into sleuthing. Soon he’s in over...

Author	Michael Thomas Ford
ISBN	0060737581

The First Rule of Torching: Cleanse with fire.

Josh is by far the best zombie Torcher around—at least, he is in his virtual-reality zombie-hunting game. Josh has quickly risen through the player ranks, relying on the skill, cunning, and agility of a real Torcher.

The Second Rule...

Author

Brian Falkner

His life could change the world. His death could save it.

It all started with a book. The most boring book in the world! So boring that nobody would ever read it. The perfect place to hide a terrible secret. But now the book has emerged from its hiding place and the world may never be the same.
An...

Author	Ryan Brown
ISBN	1439171300

Today’s #1 New York Times bestselling thriller writers agree: Ryan Brown’s compulsively readable first novel is unbeatable—a darkly humorous, rich and pungent zombie shocker that melds our national obsession with football and the newest wave of fascination with the undead.For...

Author

Andrew Hunter

My name is Andrew Hunter. I am an artist and writer living in the sun-seared savannas of Texas with my wife, three kids, and a cat.

I’ve loved fantasy since my earliest bedtime stories of Tolkien and Lewis and came of age in the worlds of Lovecraft, Gygax, and Frazetta. I’ve vinted wine, shoveled...

Author	Wei Dong Chen
ISBN	8994208453

'The Monkey King' follows the adventures of Sun Wu Kong, born from a stone on Spring Mountain who seeks to learn the secret of eternal life. Wu Kong possesses immense strength and is supremely fast. He knows 72 transformations allowing him to turn into various animals and objects but has trouble changing...

Author	Matt Youngmark
ISBN	0984067809

You're a stuffed bunny, and it's the end of the world. Between you and your objective are forty or fifty -zombies gorging -themselves on the flesh of the living. If you disguise yourself as one of them and try to sneak past the feeding frenzy, turn to page 183.If you grab a tire iron, flip out and get medieval...

Author	AdriAnne Strickland
ISBN	0738742228

I’m Tavin—die—I’m Tavin—kill—I’m Tavin—destroy—I’m the Word of Death.

When Tavin Barnes escaped Eden City with Khaya, the Word of Life, he became a most-wanted fugitive overnight. But he never expected his flight would end with the ultimate curse: becoming the next...

Author

Jeff Strand

When your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says, "Trust me. This is gonna be awesome."

Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg to blow clean off with one quick prick. But...

Author	Ryan Mecum
ISBN	1440312869

More Brains...

Some race. Some lurch. Others come crawling, limping, staggering—dragging themselves toward anyone who might still have a pulse. Zombies invade the island of Manhattan, and they are hungry.

The story of the zombie apocalypse is told through the eyes of Dawn, a...