A Small Zombie Problem, K. G. Campbell
A Small Zombie Problem, K. G. Campbell
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A Small Zombie Problem

Author: K. G. Campbell

Narrator: Todd Haberkorn

Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2019


Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Keith G. Campbell was born in Kenya, but raised and educated in Scotland. He graduated with a Master's degree in Art History from the University of Edinburgh. After trying on several careers, Keith eventually returned to his early passion of writing and illustrating stories. He is the author/ illustrator of Lester's Dreadful Sweaters, which earned him a Golden Kite Award for Best Picture Book Illustration. He is also the winner of two Ezra Jack Keats Awards. Keith is now a full-time author/illustrator and lives in California. Learn more at kgcampbell.com and follow him @artbykgcampbell.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne

Pity poor August DuPont, a boy who has spent a cloistered life of genteel poverty with his hypochondriac Aunt Hydrangea in sweltering southern Louisiana. She is so frightened of life that even butterflies terrify her. But when the zombie Claudette becomes enamored of him, August discovers who his re......more

Goodreads review by Shauna

More for elementary. Not quite the “zombie” book middle schoolers want. But I enjoyed the writing and main character.......more

I received a free e-ARC through NetGalley from the publishers at Random House Children’s. Trigger warnings: death, mild body horror, mild eye horror, bullying, anxiety, agoraphobia. August DuPont has never left the battered old house where he lives with his Aunt Hydrangea, a former Chili Pepper Princ......more


Quotes

"Campbell’s series-starter is an off-kilter delight… and readers who like macabre tales tempered with butterflies will eagerly follow Campbell’s likable protagonist onward to his next adventure."—Booklist, starred review