The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Undead

Mark Twain once said "The rumors of my death were greatly exaggerat--BRAINS!!!!!"

Pulled from the grip of Mark Twain's rotting zombie hands, is Tom Sawyer like you've never seen him before, in a swashbuckling, treasure-seeking adventure, spiked with blood, gore, and zombie madness.

In this expanded and illustrated edition of Mark Twain's beloved tale of boyhood adventures, Tom's usual mishaps are filled with the macabre and take place in a world overrun by a zombie virus that turns people into something folks call "Zum." The United States is infected with a plague of rotting, yet spry, Zum, searching for fresh meat.

In this world, there's no need to whitewash Aunt Polly's fence. Instead, Tom cons his friends into sharpening fence posts to lethal points to repel a Zum attack. To escape the boredom of civilized life, Tom and his pal Huckleberry Finn don't have to fake their deaths, just pretend to be Zum. And instead of playing cowboys and Indians, Tom hones his fighting skills in a bloodthirsty game of "Us and Zum." He always wins . . . until he bumps into the real thing.

When vicious, self-aware zombies evolve and threaten the town . . . what will Tom and Huck do to protect their loved ones, and will they live to tell the tale?

With all the comedy, romance, and adventure that readers expect from Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer now becomes a new breed of hero for a whole new world--a grade-A zombie hunter.

Author: Don Borchert
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 08/03/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780765327291

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 140708 / Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Undead


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2010 - Recommended - Readable
School Library Journal 10/01/2010 pg. 127
Publishers Weekly 11/01/2010

About the Author

Don Borchert, a long-serving assistant librarian in the suburban California public library system, is the author of Free for All (Virgin Books, 2007) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Undead (Tor Books, 2010). Borchert is a popular lecturer on the library circuit and in 2008 he was keynote speaker for the American Library Association (ALA) national convention as well as for the Missouri Library Association and Nevada Library association.

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