In his fiction debut--and the start of a new series--celebrated illustrator K.G. Campbell brings a touch of Tim Burton to this singularly strange and wonderful story about a lonely boy whose life is about to get a whole lot more complicated when a zombie follows him home.
August DuPont has spent his whole life inside a dilapidated house with his aunt Hydrangea. His lonely existence ends abruptly with the arrival of an invitation to meet an aunt--and cousins--he didn't even know existed. When Aunt Orchid suggests that August attend school with his cousins, it's a dream come true. But August has scarcely begun to celebrate his reversal of fortune when he is confronted by a small problem on his way home. So begins an adventure filled with a wild child, a zombie, a fabled white alligator, and an unimaginable family secret.--from the publisher
240 pages 978-0553539554 Ages 8-12
Keywords: zombies, loneliness, friendship, relatives, school, adventure, secret, family, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, part of a series, agoraphobia, aunt, orphan, fantasy, supernatural, mystery
