About The Series
If weird stuff is going to happen, there's an eighty nine and a half percent chance that it's going to happen to Zack. Ghosts, mummy's,witches and aliens, Zack has seen it all and none of it on purpose. He seems to attract weirdness like a light attracts moths or refrigerators attract magnets for lawn care and pizza delivery. But through it all, Zack is just an ordinary kid who lives in New York with a talking cat and a teenage grandma and a werewolf teacher and a freakshow orthodontist...Okay maybe Zack isn't quite your average kid, but he's funny and his life is full of amazing and astounding things which should keep you coming back for more of his adventures, wondering where he will end up next. For Zack Greenburg, life may be a little weird but it's never boring.
Summaries for The Zack Files: Books 21 - 30
21. Don't Count on Dracula
Zack enters a horror film fan contest, and he and his best friend win an evening with Mella Bugosi, an aging horror film star with a Transylvanian accent. It's not long before Zack notices Mella has some pretty odd habits: he avoids sunlight at all costs, he sleeps in a coffin, and...Zack hopes that's V-8 he's drinking! Could good old Mella be an actual vampire?
22. This Body's Not Big Enough For Both of Us
At a magic show, a hypnotist puts Zack into a trance to "channel" a personality from one of his past lives. Pretty cool-until after the show, Zack realizes that the past-life personality is still inside his body and is trying to control what he says and does. Talk about internal struggle!
23. Green Eggs and Dinosaurs
Oops! Zack's in trouble again! He buys a large, green, weird-looking egg at a flea market, then the housekeeper inadvertently does the exact thing she was told not to do: she microwaves it. Suddenly he's taking care of a very strange reptilian something. It might be a plesiosaur, it appears to be growing quickly, and one thing's for sure-it's not going to fit in Zack's small Manhattan apartment for long!
24. My Grandma, Major League Slugger
Zack's Grandma Leah is back and peppier than ever in another hilarious escapade. Is she turning into a teenager again? Nope-turns out she's developed amazing batting skills. What's the obvious next step? Could it involve the Chicago White Sox? Read on and see!
25. Trapped in the Museum of Unnatural History
It seems like a regular field trip to a natural history museum - until Zack gets locked inside for the night and discovers what really goes on in those display cases when no one is watching.
26. Me and My Mummy
Mummies are cool, but they’re creepy, too! Zack has faced aliens, vampires, time-travelers, ghosts, and Bigfoot—now find out what happens when he meets teenage mummy Ikhnaton (Icky for short).
27. My Teacher Ate My Homework
Zack's new substitute teacher seems kind of odd. And she is rather hairy. And get this, her name is Mrs. Wolfowitz! But is she really a werewolf? Or just one very weird lady who happens to like the taste of homework papers? Read on to find out!
28. Tell a Lie and Your Butt Will Grow
Zack's classmate Andrew Clancy is always bragging. Everyone knows he's a big liar. But suddenly, Andrew is having trouble hiding the fact that he isn't telling the truth, and every time he tells another whopper, his butt grows bigger-will it ever stop?
29. Just Add Water and Scream
When Zack and Spencer get the late-night munchies at a sleepover, they curb their hunger with some freeze-dried food that Zack got at the Air & Space Museum. After devouring freeze-dried ice cream and pizza, they come across an extra package of freeze-dried something. When opened and wet, the shriveled mass starts growing, and growing and growing! How will the boys stop an out-of-control blob from eating everything in sight before it's too late?
30. It's Itchcraft!
Zack is nervous about the fifth-grade Halloween dance. He doesn't know how to dance and he doesn't have a date! When Zack meets Prudence, a beautiful girl who speaks with a funny accent and dresses in old-fashioned clothing, he's smitten. He thinks he's found the perfect date for the dance! Prudence is so different from the rest of the kids he knows. She's actually come from the past-the year 1692 to be exact-and she's fleeing the Salem witch trials! Will Zack and Prudence even make it to the dance, or will she have to return to the past? Read on to find out!
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