Adam Selzer, Author . Delacorte $15.99 (183p) ISBN 978-0-385-73369-4
Wisecracking Leon Harris narrates Selzer's debut novel with heavy doses of sarcasm, smart aleck wit and adolescent frustration. Now an eighth grader, Leon participates in an advanced studies activity along with several of his equally intelligent,
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Adam Selzer, Author . Delacorte $12.99 (326p) ISBN 978-0-385-73650-3
This 11-chapter, tightly condensed guide to history posits that most know little on the subject, and that's a shame: its aim is to provide an overview of significant topics speeding along on humor, Daily Show
–style. The first chapter...
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Adam Selzer, Author . Delacorte $7.99 (177p) ISBN 978-0-385-73503-2
Selzer (Andrew North Blows Up the World
) takes a delightfully wicked but thoughtful poke at teenage infatuations, vampire groupies, and pretentious goths. It's been years since “post-human” vampires, werewolves, and other undead...
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Adam Selzer. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4814-0102-9
Leon Harris is a quintessential slacker, whiling away his high school years working at a “B-list ice cream parlor” with an unpopular bunch of misfits including his best friend Stan, who tells everyone he’s actually Satan and that “My parents just...
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Adam Selzer. Delacorte, $15.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-385-73648-0
Selzer's (How to Get Suspended and Influence People) madcap comedy stars a likable third-grader with an overblown imagination and ambitious plans. Convinced that his father and older brother, Jack, are undercover spies, Andrew aspires to enter the...
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Adam Selzer. Llewellyn, $15.99 trade paper (360p) ISBN 978-0-7387-4153-6
Selzer (Play Me Backwards), a novelist, historian, and ghost investigator, explores the paranormal in Abraham Lincoln's life and death in this unbiased but unexpectedly dull book. Unsurprisingly, Lincoln's ghost is rumored to haunt multiple...
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Adam Selzer. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4814-3494-2
Growing up in a funeral home has given Megan Henske a macabre sensibility. Her new job as a historical ghost-tour guide in Chicago seems like a perfect fit until her former-babysitter-turned-current-boss, Cynthia, hatches a plan to drum up more...
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Adam Selzer. Skyhorse, $26.99 (460p) ISBN 978-1-5107-1343-7
Was late 19th-century mass murderer H.H. Holmes motivated more by psychological compulsions than practical concerns? Selzer (Ghost of Chicago) suggests the latter, diverging from the perspective put forth in Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City.
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