Nathan Abercrombie is about to be humiliated in the cafeteria by Shawna Lanchester who is having a party and he's not invited. Then, he'll go to gym class and be humiliated again by being picked last. With his self-esteem in the dust, he heads to the research lab with his friends to try out some experimental Hurt Be Gone. He's tired of having hurt feelings. There's something about the best laid plans of mice and men and kids going awry? Well, Nathan is more than awry - he's nearly dead. He doesn't even need to breathe. Hurt feelings are now the least of his problems. Now he needs to concoct the antidote.
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
160 pages 978-0765316349 Ages 8-11
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Ten-year-old Nathan Abercrombie is having a really bad day. First, Shawna Lanchester, the prettiest girl in his class, doesn't invite him to her party. Then he gets picked last in gym class. Things couldn't get any worse…until he gets doused with an experimental serum that turns him into a half-dead zombie!
Nathan soon discovers that being half dead isn't all bad. He doesn't need any sleep, so he can stay up all night and play games online. He doesn't feel any pain, so there's no need to worry about Rodney the bully anymore. Still, Nathan would rather be human. Will he find a cure? Or will Nathan be half-dead forever?
Fans of David Lubar's popular Weenies short story collections―which have sold more than one million copies―will love My Rotten Life, the first of a series of hilariously rotten adventures starring Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie.---from the publisher
