READ THE BLURB
How
does a thirteen-year old become the most popular kid in 8th grade? He trains a
zombie to be a pet... And that's exactly what Max Taylor plans to do, even if
he had to lie, steal, and lose his best friend in the process.
READ AN EXCERPT
“Training a zombie is not a stupid idea. Everyone will be so
jealous and they’ll want one. But we’ll be the only ones who can train them.
Not only will we be popular, but we’ll be rich,” said Max, quickly changing the
conversation away from Kelly’s pool party as fast as he could. It irked him
that Eddy Pratt, the geekiest kid in school got invited to the party and he,
Kelly’s soon-to-be boyfriend, didn’t. How could Eddy Pratt be ranked higher
than him on the school social ladder? How could Chad get invited and not him?
It didn’t make any sense.
Max banged his fist against his head. It did too make sense.
Eddy didn’t get invited because he was cool or anything like that. He got invited
because his dad’s a zombie exterminator.
“Training a zombie like it’s some sort of pet is not only
the most stupid idea I’ve ever heard, it won’t work. No way!” Chad opened his
locker and put several books inside. “All you’re gonna do is break a whole lot
of laws. Besides, I’ve already told Mr. Carter we’re doing an experiment to
show how volcanos create islands.”
“And how is showing how volcanos create islands going to
make up popular?”
“It’ll win us the science fair.”
“But if we train a zombie, we’ll not only win the science
fair, we’ll be doing the town a huge favor.”
“How? By getting ourselves put in jail or worse like—you
know—infected? No! Thank! You! There are rules about zombies for a reason. They
are extremely infectious…”
MEET THE AUTHOR
I live in Texas with my husband,
son, and two cats who think they run the place. I read, write, play Texas
Hold’em poker (I'm actually part of a local league), and occasionally I compete
in BBQ competitions with my husband. Our team name is Outcast Cookers. I also
teach in a public school.
My likes include: a wide variety of
music (see my play list for book 2 on my blog), Star Trek (My son got me a
signed picture of Patrick Stewart which sits on my desk.), Star Wars, Grimm (TV
series), winter (though we don’t have snow), the holiday season, coffee, hot
tea (with cream and sweetener), pizza (no anchovies though), puzzles, Edgar
Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, and JK Rowling.
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Thanks Judith for hosting.
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ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt, sounds like a fun read.
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I can just picture this conversation.
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Sounds like the best science fair project i've ever heard of!!! lol
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As long as you don't get infected. LOL
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ReplyDeleteSounds like an entertaining book. Wondering about the rules.
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