9/30/11

Series: The Zack Files - Author: Dan Greenburg - Ages 8+ - Books 1-10 of 30


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 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 Books 1-10


1. Great-Grandpa's in the Litter Box
Zack wants to adopt a kitten from the local animal shelter. But what he takes home instead is a scruffy old tomcat who not only talks, but claims to be the reincarnation of Zack's long-departed Great-Grandpa Julius!










2.  Through the Medicine Cabinet
Zack is sent off into a parallel universe where hilarious adventures occur after he opens his medicine cabinet one morning, only to discover his double staring back at him.








3. A Ghost Named Wanda
Primary graders will love these illustrated first chapter books about Zack, an unflappably normal 10-year-old New Yorker to whom strange things keep happening. In A Ghost Named Wanda, a supernatural force that flips pancakes and makes the TV float is at work in Zack's apartment.






4.  Zap! I'm a Mind Reader
When a flubbed electricity experiment in science class gives Zack a shock, he suddenly finds out he has a talent he never had before--Zack can now read other people's minds!






5.  Dr. Jekyll, Orthodontist
Zack isn't thrilled about having to get a tooth pulled, but a trip to the orthodontist proves a lot hairier than he ever expected. Nice old Dr. Silver has been replaced by the fang-toothed Dr. Jekyll, a mouthwash-guzzling mad scientist whose secret experiments have gone kerplewy.





6.  I'm Out of My Body...Please Leave a Message
When Zack's friend Spencer brings a 60's-style hippie book on astral travel to a sleepover, Zack learns the ins and outs of out-of-body travel in a snap. Getting out of their bodies seems to be awfully easy for the boys. The problem is, how do they get back in?.



7.  Never Trust a Cat Who Wears Earrings
After getting scratched at the museum by an Egyptian-looking cat who was wearing an earring, Zack begins to wonder if he is turning into a cat himself when he finds that he suddenly enjoys chasing birds and is terribly afraid of the vacuum cleaner.






8  My Son, the Time Traveler
Zack learns that the baseball card he wants to buy has just been purchased by a boy named Mack who, when meeting him, surprisingly introduces himself as Zack's son from the future.





9.  The Volcano Goddess Will See You Now
While in Hawaii, Zack falls under the curse of a very grouchy volcano goddess.








10.  Bozo the Clone
Zack finds out that although clones can be helpful with homework, chores and bullies, they may be his biggest problem yet!.





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Videos
In case you didn't know,The Zack Files book series spawned a TV show that aired  
on Fox Family Channel 2000 - 2002 This video is the first 8 minutes from the 1st show.

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