My Zombie Hamster

My Zombie Hamster
Author: Havelock McCreely
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2016-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 160684492X

A laugh-out-loud funny middle-grade debut with a scary twist, My Zombie Hamster will appeal to readers who like their animal stories mixed with chills. Matt Hunter is looking forward to Christmas—actually, he's looking forward to receiving the latest sword-and-fantasy video game. But Matt's parents have other thoughts—they give him a fluffy little hamster called Snuffles. But the hamster isn't all that cute, especially after part of its cheek and belly fall off. And why is it staring at Matt with black beady eyes and a lean and hungry look? Say hello to Anti-Snuffles, the zombie hamster! Or better yet, run!

Return of the Hungry Hamster #1

Return of the Hungry Hamster #1
Author: Sam Hay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2014-08-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698181352

Dumpling the hamster came to a dusty end inside a vacuum cleaner. He suspects that his owner Oliver's parents never admitted to their son that they were to blame for Dumpling's demise. Now the hamster needs Joe's help to reveal the truth - but there's a furry surprise awaiting them at Oliver's house...

Rise of the Zombie Rabbit #5

Rise of the Zombie Rabbit #5
Author: Sam Hay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-08-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698412079

Joe is just starting to hope that he is free of undead pets when he is visited by Fluffy, a pet rabbit who was snapped up by a hungry fox. Fluffy’s owner lost a necklace in her back yard, and she’s going to be in big trouble if it isn’t found. Fluffy can’t bear to see her owner in distress and she demands that Joe finds the necklace—now! Can Joe do what Fluffy wants, or will the undead pet be hopping around forever?

Revenge of the Phantom Furball #2

Revenge of the Phantom Furball #2
Author: Sam Hay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2014-08-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698181360

Disaster strikes when Bonsai the pug chases Pickle the cat into the street, where she is flattened by a car. But the fact that Pickle has (almost) shuffled off her mortal coil isn’t her biggest concern; she is worried that Bonsai will pursue her sister Pebble into an early grave too, unless she and Joe teach the dog a lesson…

Plight of the Living Dead

Plight of the Living Dead
Author: Matt Simon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1524705144

A brain-bending exploration of real-life zombies and mind controllers, and what they reveal to us about nature—and ourselves Zombieism isn’t just the stuff of movies and TV shows like The Walking Dead. It’s real, and it’s happening in the world around us, from wasps and worms to dogs and moose—and even humans. In Plight of the Living Dead, science journalist Matt Simon documents his journey through the bizarre evolutionary history of mind control. Along the way, he visits a lab where scientists infect ants with zombifying fungi, joins the search for kamikaze crickets in the hills of New Mexico, and travels to Israel to meet the wasp that stings cockroaches in the brain before leading them to their doom. Nothing Hollywood dreams up can match the brilliant, horrific zombies that natural selection has produced time and time again. Plight of the Living Dead is a surreal dive into a world that would be totally unbelievable if very smart scientists didn’t happen to be proving it’s real, and most troublingly—or maybe intriguingly—of all: how even we humans are affected. “Fantastic . . . You'll be thinking about this book long after you're done reading it.” —Kelly Weinersmith, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Soonish

Night of the Howling Hound

Night of the Howling Hound
Author: Sam Hay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0448477971

"Joe is just an ordinary boy until he makes a wish on a spooky Egyptian amulet ... Now he's the Protector of UNDEAD PETS ... and there's a demented dog off the leash! Dexter chased a squirrel right over the edge of a cliff. Can Joe help him give up the ghost once and for all?"--Back cover.

Pickles vs. the Zombies

Pickles vs. the Zombies
Author: Angela Misri
Publisher: DCB
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1770865594

The comfortable life of Pickles, the calico housecat, is turned upside down when humans succumb to a zombie apocalypse. She doesn’t know where her “pet” – human child Connor – has gone, only that there are zombies everywhere. Determined to find Connor, Pickles sets off with her cat friends and a streetwise raccoon, exploring a world she has only seen through a window. Fending off human zombies, street cats from the wrong side of the track, and a fearsome gang of chipmunks, Pickles and her crew search for remnants of human society.

Monstrous Stories #2: Attack of the Giant Hamster

Monstrous Stories #2: Attack of the Giant Hamster
Author: Dr. Roach
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545510244

Funny, light-hearted monster stories that are perfect for young readers, brought to us by the esteemed Dr. Roach. Billy's new pet hamster is a huge disappointment. Despite his name, Hercules is perhaps the world's laziest rodent. He does nothing besides sleep, eat, and sleep some more. So when Billy sees an advertisement on television for a power snack, he decides that's just the thing to put some hurry into Hercules. But when the formula begins working too well, Billy realizes he may have one massive, hungry problem on his hands.

Hamstersaurus Rex

Hamstersaurus Rex
Author: Tom O'Donnell
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062377558

BEWARE: Rampaging Mutant Dino-Hamster! Fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and The Terrible Two will be scrambling to get their hands on this hilarious classroom comedy. When a mysterious growling hamster appears at the back of his class, Sam knows just what to call him: Hamstersaurus Rex. Sam tries to protect Hammie from an overzealous Hamster Monitor, and from the meanest bully in the history of Horace Hotwater Middle School. The bully isn’t afraid of some weird little class pet. But maybe he should be. Hamstersaurus Rex is no ordinary hamster.

Time Traveling with a Hamster

Time Traveling with a Hamster
Author: Ross Welford
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399551514

Back to the Future meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in this original, poignant, race-against-time story about a boy who travels back to 1984 to save his father’s life. My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty-nine and again four years later, when he was twelve. On his twelfth birthday, Al Chaudhury receives a letter from his dead father. It directs him to the bunker of their old house, where Al finds a time machine (an ancient computer and a tin bucket). The letter also outlines a mission: travel back to 1984 and prevent the go-kart accident that will eventually take his father’s life. But as Al soon discovers, whizzing back thirty years requires not only imagination and courage, but also lying to your mom, stealing a moped, and setting your school on fire—oh, and keeping your pet hamster safe. With a literary edge and tons of commerical appeal, this incredible debut has it all: heart, humor, vividly imagined characters, and a pitch-perfect voice.