David Lubar, Author . Clarion $15 (256p) ISBN 978-0-618-19455-1
The slightly tawdry world of boardwalk arcades along the New Jersey shore is just one of the attractions of Lubar's (Hidden Talents) engrossing novel. From the first moment soon-to-be-11th-grader Chad hears the boardwalk clown hurling insults (&#
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David Lubar, Author . Philomel $16.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-399-23706-5
Switching gears from his psychologically complex Dunk, Lubar here focuses on lighter fare: the world of obsessed gamers. Mercer Dickensen (aka Shath'dra, sixth-level Warrior-Mage) thrills to the imaginary adventures of the fantasy role-playing...
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David Lubar, Author . Tor $17.95 (300p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0149-9
The Nexulans are intergalactic content creators, the Hollywood moguls of the universe. One of their most popular products is a series of small discs that, when activated, allow the user to "experience great moments in the life of a legend"...
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David Lubar, Author . Darby Creek $15.95 (112p) ISBN 978-1-58196-013-6
As Lubar's (Dunk
) brief, disappointing tale of one boy's summer begins, outfielder Larry misses a catch to make the game-ending third out—because his six-year-old brother calls to him, "Someone needs help." Paul leads Larry to
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David Lubar, Author . Houghton/Graphia $6.99 (260p) ISBN 978-0-618-43909-6
From the moment that soon-to-be-11th-grader Chad hears the boardwalk clown hurling insults, the teen adds the job to his list of goals. In what PW
called "an engrossing novel, Lubar ably charts a watershed summer between boyhood and manhood.
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David Lubar, Author . Tor/Starscape $6.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1634-9
In the first book in the Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie series, fifth-grader Nathan knows what it's like to be an outcast: he sits at the Second Besters table at school with kids who “score somewhere around minus two on a...
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David Lubar, Author Dutton Books $16.99 (279p) ISBN 978-0-525-47311-4
As much an exercise in wordplay and narrative structure as it is a rendition of Freshman year woes, Lubar's (Dunk) story starring Scott Hudson, a brain from a blue-collar background, contains many stock characters and situations associated with high-
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David Lubar, Author Tor Books $16.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-86646-4
After being expelled from any number of schools, 13-year-old Martin winds up at Edgeview, a publicly funded boarding school and a last-chance alternative. Martin, who narrates, doesn't seem like a delinquent, but he just can't stop himself from...
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David Lubar, illus. by Marcos Calo Berm%C3%BAdez. Tor/Starscape, $14.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3081-9
The first book in the Monsterrific Tales series is narrated by Miss Clevis, a science teacher who accidentally puts chemicals for a school experiment in her breakfast drink. At school, when a colleague gives Miss Clevis a gift, she has waves of...
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David Lubar. Tor Teen, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1633-2
Filled with wordplay and moments of wry observation and revelation, this contemporary coming-of-age-novel follows the trials of a big-hearted teen who suffers some hard knocks. The opening sequence, depicting a violent brawl between high school...
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David Lubar, illus. by Karl West. Scholastic, $4.99 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-0-545-87348-2
Lubar (the Weenies series) takes a page from the Goosebumps playbook in a series opener that mixes laughs and light chills. During a visit to his grandparents’ house, allergy-prone fraidy cat Alex starts breaking out in an unusual (and unusually...
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David Lubar, illus. by Adam Larkum. Starscape, $13.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-18923-3
Launching a planned trilogy, this screwball space odyssey from Lubar (the Weenies series), written as an homage to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, opens as seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew witnesses his beloved gerbil, Henrietta, and a...
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