ALA Booklist

This third d potentially final? ok in the Zombie Chasers series serves up more of the same: a stinky, slimy, decomposing cast of undead shamblers quelled by a cast of wiseacre kids. Though the constant skirmishes have a numbing sameness, fans of Garbage Pail Kid style gross-outs will have a ball as Zack and his buddies take down "a butt-load of zombies." As always, Wolfhard's squiggly, hilariously gut-wrenching illustrations steal the show, as he depicts such improbable, disgusting creatures as an "eight-foot-tall tongue-shaped glob" made out of beef. If that floats your boat, here you go.

School Library Journal (Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 CDT 2022)

BROWN, Jeff &; Josh Greenhut . The US Capital Commotion . Bk. 9. illus. by Macky Pamintuan. 84p. (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures). HarperCollins / Harper . 2012. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-06-157436-8 ; pap. $4.99. ISBN 978-0-06-143019-0 ; ebook $4.99. ISBN 978-0-06-209913-6 . LC 2011022927. Gr 2-4 CAST, P. C. &; Kristin Cast . Lenobia's Vow . illus. by Kim Doner. 148p. (A House of Night Novella). St. Martin's / Griffin . 2012. Tr $12.99. ISBN 978-1-250-00024-8 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-1-4299-3313-1 . LC number unavailable. Gr 10 Up DELANEY, Joseph . Grimalkin the Witch Assassin . Bk. 9. illus. by Patrick Arrasmith. 386p. (The Last Apprentice Series). HarperCollins / Greenwillow . Apr. 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-208207-7 . ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-208209-1 . LC 2011029552. Gr 58 DEVILLERS, Julia &; Jennifer Roy . Double Feature . Bk. 4. 264p. S &; S / Aladdin . 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-3402-8 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-3404-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 47 HALLAWAY, Tate . Almost Everything . Bk. 3. 306p. (Vampire Princess Series). NAL . 2012. pap. $9.99. ISBN 978-0-451-23566-4 . LC 2011033388. Gr 9 Up HOCKING, Amanda . Ascend . Bk. 3. 306p. (The Trylle Trilogy). St. Martin's / Griffin . Apr. 2012. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-1-250-00633-2 ; ebook $8.99. ISBN 978-1-429-95648-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up HUNTER, C. C. . Taken at Dusk . Bk. 3. 380p. (A Shadow Falls Novel). St. Martin's / Griffin . Apr. 2012. pap. $9.99. ISBN 978-0-312-62469-9 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-1-4299-3844-0 . LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up JONES, Allan . Fire Over Swallohaven . illus. by Gary Chalk. 154p. (The Six Crowns Series). HarperCollins / Greenwillow . Apr. 2012. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-06-200629-5 ; ebook $8.99. ISBN 978-0-06-209841-2 . LC 2011002842. Gr 35 KATE, Lauren . Fallen in Love: A Fallen Novel in Stories . 202p. (A Fallen Novel). Delacorte . 2012. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-385-74261-0 ; PLB $18.99. ISBN 978-0-385-99067-0 ; ebook $10.99. ISBN 978-0-375-97629-1 . LC number unavailable. Gr 8 Up KERNS, Ann . I Date Dead People . Bk. 5. illus. by Janina G&6;rrissen. 128p. (My Boyfriend Is a Monster Series). Lerner / Graphic Universe . Apr. 2012. PLB $29.27. ISBN 978-0-7613-6007-0 ; pap. $9.95. ISBN 978-0-7613-8549-3 ; ebook $21.95. ISBN 978-0-7613-8739-8 . LC 2011021542. Gr 7 Up KINGSLEY, Kaza . The Secret of Ashona . Bk. 5. 520p. (Erec Rex Series). S &; S. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-7992-0 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-8560-0 . LC 2011021081. Gr 57 KLOEPFER, John . Sludgment Day . Bk. 3. illus. by Steve Wolfhard. 214p. (The Zombie Chasers Series). HarperCollins / Harper . 2012. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-06-185310-4 . LC 2011022930. KUNZE, Lauren with Rina Onur. Rivals . 365p. (The Ivy Series). HarperCollins / Greenwillow . Mar. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-196049-9 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-209932-7 . LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up MCKISSACK, Patricia C. with Fredrick &; John McKissack. The Visitors . Bk. 3. 140p. (Clone Codes Series). Scholastic . 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-439-92987-5 . LC number unavailable. Gr 47 MONTGOMERY, Lewis B. The Case of the Diamonds in the Desk . Bk. 8. illus. by Amy Wummer. 96p. (The Milo &; Jazz Mysteries). Kane . 2012. PLB $22.60. ISBN 978-1-57565-392-1 ; pap. $6.95. ISBN 978-1-57565-391-4 ; ebook $16.95. ISBN 978-1-57565-393-8 . LC 2011040121. Gr 14 SALISBURY, Graham . Calvin Coconut: Man Trip . illus. by Jacqueline Rogers. 132p. Random / Wendy Lamb Bks. Mar. 2012. Tr $12.99. ISBN 978-0-385-73964-1 ; PLB $15.99. ISBN 978-0-385-90798-9 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-375-89797-9 . LC 2011010959. Gr 35 SHEPARD, Sara . Pretty Little Secrets: A Pretty Little Liars Collection . 446p. (Pretty Little Liars Series). HarperTeen . 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-212591-0 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-219212-7 . LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up SHEPARD, Sara . Two Truths and a Lie . Bk. 3. 294p. (The Lying Game Series). HarperTeen . 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-186974-7 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-208414-9 . LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up SIMON, Francesca . Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire . illus. by Tony Ross. 92p. Sourcebooks / Jabberwocky . Apr. 2012. pap. $4.99. ISBN 978-1-4022-6785-7 . LC number unavailable. Gr 24 SMITH, L. J. The Asylum . Vol. 5. 221p. (The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries). HarperTeen . 2012. pap. $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-211395-5 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-211397-9 . LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up SOMPER, Justin . Immortal War . Bk. 6. 508p. (Vampirates Series). Little, Brown . 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-316-03324-4 ; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-316-12613-7 . LC 2011019641. Gr 58 STOLARZ, Laurie Faria . Deadly Little Voices . Bk. 4. 342p. (A Touch Novel). Hyperion / Disney . 2011. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-3161-8 . LC 2011012308. Gr 8–11

Horn Book (Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2012)

In this third installment, the Zombie Chasers now have the antidote to the zombie virus, and they embark on a cross-country trip to save everyone. Fans of the series encounter plenty of decomposing zombies as Zack and his fellow middle-school Zombie Chasers face zombie Elvis impersonators and the Mall of America. Humorous, globby, gross illustrations ooze throughout the book.