David Lubar

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  • Bibliography:
    56 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1997
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Accidental Monsters

The Unwilling Witch (Oct-1997)
The Vanishing Vampire (Oct-1997)
The Wavering Werewolf (Dec-1997)
The Gloomy Ghost (Feb-1998)

Emperor of the Universe

1 - Emperor of the Universe (Jul-2019)
2 - The Clone Catastrophe (Apr-2021)
3 - The Emperor's Last Stand (Sep-2023)

Looniverse

1 - Stranger Things (May-2013)
2 - Meltdown Madness (Jul-2013)
3 - Dinosaur Disaster (Nov-2013)
4 - Stage Fright (Feb-2014)

Monster Itch

1 - Ghost Attack (Jul-2017)
2 - Vampire Trouble (Sep-2017)

Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie

1 - My Rotten Life (Aug-2009)
2 - Dead Guy Spy (Jan-2010)
3 - Goop Soup (May-2010)
4 - Big Stink (Sep-2010)
5 - Enter the Zombie (Jan-2011)

Psychozone

1 - The Psychozone: Kidzilla & Other Tales (Apr-1997)
2 - The Witches' Monkey and Other Tales (Oct-1997)

Talents

1 - Hidden Talents (Jun-1999)
2 - True Talents (Mar-2007)

Teeny Weenies

1 - The Intergalactic Petting Zoo: And Other Stories (Apr-2019)
2 - Freestyle Frenzy: And Other Stories (Apr-2019)
3 - The Boy Who Cried Wool: And Other Stories (Sep-2019)
4 - My Favorite President: And Other Stories (Sep-2019)
5 - The Eighth Octopus: And Other Stories (May-2020)
6 - Fishing for Pets: And Other Stories (May-2020)

Weenies

1 - In the Land of the Lawn Weenies (Jun-2003)
2 - Invasion of the Road Weenies (Sep-2005)
3 - The Curse of the Campfire Weenies (Aug-2008)
4 - The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies (Mar-2009)
5 - Attack of the Vampire Weenies (Jun-2011)
6 - Beware the Ninja Weenies (Jun-2012)
7 - Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Apr-2014)
8 - Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Sep-2016)
9 - Check Out the Library Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Sep-2018)

Book List in Order: 56 titles

  • The Psychozone: Kidzilla & Other Tales

    Psychozone - 1

    Don't bother looking for the PsychoZone on a Map. It's not a place...but a state of mind where the worlds of reality and imagination collide. A place where a kid can wake up and have morphed into a giant lizard. Or where one can place a long distance...

  • The Unwilling Witch

    Accidental Monsters

    Turned into a witch by a mysterious old woman, Angie makes a mistake casting her first spell when she transforms her brother, Splat, into a tree, and she must undo the spell before her father gets home. Original....

  • The Vanishing Vampire

    Accidental Monsters

    There's something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School. People are turning into monsters -- literally! In The Vanishing Vampire, Sebastian's life has become a real pain in the neck. It all started the night he walked home from the ...

  • The Witches' Monkey and Other Tales

    Psychozone - 2

    A boy discovers his neighborhood has turned into a Land of the Lawn Weenies. Sound peculiar? How about zombies behind the counter of your local hamburger stand? A roadside motel where the guests are on the menu? A party where everyone who turns up is...

  • The Wavering Werewolf

    Accidental Monsters

    Acclaimed author David Lubar's monsters series returns to life with this new edition of The Wavering Werewolf that is sure to appeal to fans of his Weenies short story collections There's something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary Sch...

  • The Gloomy Ghost

    Accidental Monsters

    Acclaimed author David Lubar's Monsterrific Tales return to life with this new edition of The Gloomy Ghost that is sure to appeal to fans of his Weenies short story collections.There's something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School...

  • Hidden Talents

    Talents - 1

    Martin Anderson and his friends don't like being called losers. But they've been called that for so long even they start to believe it. Until Martin makes an incredible discovery: each of his friends has a special hidden talent. Edgeview Alternati...

  • Monster Road

  • Dog Days

    Larry can't stop thinking about the growling dog in the alley. He already has three strays in his backyard. How can he afford to take care of another one? When his brother Paul points out a strange mark in the alley, Larry has a mystery to solve. Wha...



  • Dunk

    To the Bozo, the clown who sits inside the cage above the dunk tank, everyone is a “mark.” Once he has zeroed in on his victim, the Bozo comes up with the perfect wisecrack -- something funny enough to make people stop and listen, and cruel enoug...

  • In the Land of the Lawn Weenies

    Weenies - 1

    Kids can be such monsters. Literally. From the award-winning author of Hidden Talents, two remarkable short story collections - Kidzilla and The Witch's Monkey - together for the first time. Plus several brand new stories. Each hilarious and harrowin...

  • Flip

    Did you ever wish you could be anybody else but who you are? Twins Ryan and Taylor do all the time. They hate who they are. Now they have their chance. They've discovered mysterious alien disks that allow them to "flip"... to become legendary heroes...

  • Wizards of the Game

    Short, if the ancient maps were correct, I’d face my sworn enemy. Soon, I’d discover whether the sword of Calandra was a magical weapon capable of defeating an army, or a worthless piece of iron I’d been tricked into buying. Not much longer, I ...

  • Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

    Starting high school is never easy. Seniors take your lunch money. Girls you’ve known forever are suddenly beautiful and unattainable.The guys you grew up with are drifting away.And you can never get enough sleep. Could there be a worse time for Sc...

  • Invasion of the Road Weenies

    Weenies - 2

    WATCH OUT FOR THE ROAD WEENIES! A town is overrun by road weenies--a.k.a. joggers--who never smile. A girl thinks she's too old for Halloween...until she finds a special pair of gloves. A boy takes a shortcut to an unexpected place. A mummy takes hi...

  • Starscape



    Contains 3 Starscape titles from Starscape

    In the Land of the Lawn Weenies

    Kids can be such monsters. Literally.

    From the award-winning author of Hidden Talents, two remarkable short story collections - Kidzilla and The...

  • Punished!

    Just when you thought it was safe to go to the library.... That's what Logan thought, too, until he got a face full of magic dust that scrambled his brains. Now he can't say anything without sounding like a pun-filled smart aleck. And nobody's la...

  • True Talents

    Talents - 2

    It's been over a year since fourteen-year-old Eddie 'Trash' Thalmeyer and his friends from Edgeview Alternative School found out about their special hidden talents. Trash can move things with his mind; Torchie is a fire-starter; Cheater reads minds; ...

  • The Curse of the Campfire Weenies

    Weenies - 3

    Award-winning storyteller David Lubar's third collection of warped and creepy tales, in which the young protagonists encounter monsters of every kind, from a thirsty vampire and wandering ghost to a dreaded math teacher and overly enthusiastic Girl S...



  • Lay ups and Long Shots

    In the tradition of Sports Shorts (2005), Darby Creek has another serving of sports-related short stories. Purely fiction, these stories tell the tales of athletes in a variety of sports, including track, football, martial arts, Ping Pong, and dirt b...

  • The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies

    Weenies - 4

    Get Your Red Hot Pepper Weenies! A girl doesn't have a date for the school dance--until her dad makes one for her in his lab. Lily--meet Stitchy. A family enjoys a nice Thanksgiving dinner--until they are interrupted by a torrent of turkeys out for ...

  • My Rotten Life

    Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie - 1

    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 a...

  • Dead Guy Spy

    Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie - 2

    Nathan Abercrombie is getting used to his rotten life as a half-dead zombie. The good thing is he doesn't feel any pain. The bad thing is his body can't heal, so he has to be really careful not to break anything. But that's hard to do when his wrestl...

  • Goop Soup

    Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie - 3

    Nathan is just getting started with his training for secret organization BUM -- the Bureau of Useful Misadventures -- when greasy green globs of goop start oozing from every faucet in town. Gross! BUM asks Nathan to investigate, but he's not so sure ...

  • Big Stink

    Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie - 4

    "I figured, being dead, my life would be simpler. I wouldn't have to take care of myself or worry about stuff like eating the right food. But dead kids have a whole differerent bundle of problems. --NATHAN ABERCROMBIE It's a stinky situation when...

  • Kid Appeal

    in Guys Read: Funny Business

    The whole school is getting in on the action when a contest is announced: The student who creates the best project on New Cairo's history will win a trip to the cool new water park in town. Charlie has a plan that can't lose--as long as he doesn't lo...

  • Enter the Zombie

    Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie - 5

    When Mr. Murphy finds out that evil organization RABID is using a student academic and athletic competition to recruit agents, he asks Nathan, Abigail, and Mookie to form a team and enter the contest. Things go terribly wrong when Nathan's nemesis, R...

  • Attack of the Vampire Weenies

    Weenies - 5

    A boy steals a ticket to an amusement park and gets the ride of a lifetime -- literally. The first day of middle school turns into a free-for-all when the gym teacher offers a "get-out-of-gym-free" card. Sick of his sister's vampire wannabe friends, ...

  • It Seemed Funny at the Time: A large collection of short humor

    David Lubar has gathered his best magazine pieces from the past fifteen years, tossed in his most popular works from the early days of online humor, bundled up the comedy material from his national conference talks, and stuffed everything in one juic...



  • Pulling up Stakes and Other Piercing Stories

    Many things can pierce " sharpened stakes, fencing swords, cat's claws, short stories, ideas, earrings, and love, to name just a few. This collection of eleven penetrating stories, gathered from my contributions to YA anthologies, contains some of ...

  • Zero Tolerance Meets the Alien Death Ray and Other (Mostly) Inappropriate Stories

    Once in a while, I'll write a story that contains an item, a scene, or an action that might be considered inappropriate for classroom reading. So that story can't go into one of my Weenies collections. But that doesn't mean it isn't a good story. I'v...

  • Beware the Ninja Weenies

    Weenies - 6

    Welcome to the Weenie Zone! Stranded aliens seek out Earth’s most intelligent species. (Hint: It’s not us.) A bully discovers the meaning of “spatial displacement.” Two girls find out why you should never annoy a witch. When a swarm of sn...

  • Hyde and Shriek: A Monsterrific Tale

    There’s something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School. People are turning into monsters -- literally! Ms. Clevis is one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving. Until the morning she accidentally puts some of the wr...

  • Stranger Things

    Looniverse - 1

    This wacky new series will have kids on the edge of their seats! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced pl...

  • Meltdown Madness

    Looniverse - 2

    Looniverse #2 is even wackier than the first book!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrat...

  • Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge

    Master of the macabre David Lubar turns his attention to dark and twisted tales for teens with Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge A group of high school girls takes revenge on their sadistic gym teacher in the most fitting way pos...

  • Numbed!

    When Logan's class takes a trip to a math museum, his mischievous friend Benedict is sure it will be a boring day -- until he discovers a robot and its creator in an off-limits area. The robot proves feisty, and soon both boys get zapped. They realiz...

  • Dinosaur Disaster

    Looniverse - 3

    David Lubar is back with a wacky third installment!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustra...

  • Stage Fright

    Looniverse - 4

    Things in the Looniverse are stranger than ever! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustr...



  • Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales

    Weenies - 7

    Welcome to the Weenie Zone! Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies is the seventh collection of scary short stories for middle grade readers by acclaimed author David Lubar. A boy and his family narrowly escape a zombie apocalypse -- or do they? A girl n...

  • The Bully Bug

    "The Bully Bug" is the sixth standalone tale in the hilarious Monsterrific Tales series for young readers by acclaimed author David Lubar. The Monsterrific Tales series began with "Hyde and Shriek," a Kids' Indie Next list selection, and is sure to a...

  • Sophomores and Other Oxymorons

    Scott Hudson has somehow managed to survive Freshman year. But with a new baby brother in the house and a whole host of adventures awaiting him at school, Sophomore year promises to be anything but boring. An honest and funny follow-up to the po...

  • Character, Driven

    With only one year left of high school, seventeen-year-old Cliff Sparks is desperate to find a girlfriend and "come of age." But he's never had much luck with girls. So when he falls for Jillian, a new classmate, at first sight, all he can do is wors...

  • Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales

    Weenies - 8

    Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies is the eighth collection of spooky short stories for ages 8 to 12 by the beloved author of the Nathan Abercrombie series, David Lubar. This is the perfect pick for reluctant young readers who like a few chills and a ...

  • Ghost Attack

    Monster Itch - 1

    When Alex and his cousin Sarah are visiting their grandparents, Alex gets terrible red, itchy hives. Yikes! He's allergic to a ghost! Even worse, the ghost won't leave him alone -- he wants Alex and Sarah's help. Can they solve the ghost's mystery an...

  • Vampire Trouble

    Monster Itch - 2

    Just when Alex is getting close to the kickball home-run record at school, he starts getting hit with awful sneezing fits, completely messing up his game. He's allergic to a vampire! And the vampire won't leave. Can Alex and his cousin Sarah stop his...

  • Check Out the Library Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales

    Weenies - 9

    Master of the macabre David Lubar is back with Check Out the Library Weenies, his ninth collection of Weenies Stories. Here are thirty more scary stories for the middle grade audience--perfect for both avid and reluctant young readers who like a few ...

  • Freestyle Frenzy: And Other Stories

    Teeny Weenies - 2

    Meet the Teeny Weenies!Suspiciously swift swimmers at a school swim meet cause a frenzy. A boy who likes to litter finally gets the meaning of Earth Day. A girl and her dad go on a fishing trip and catch the surprise of a lifetime. Young chapter book...

  • The Intergalactic Petting Zoo: And Other Stories

    Teeny Weenies - 1

    Meet the Teeny Weenies!A boy and his sister visit a petting zoo that is out of this world. A community pool fills up with bullies. And the Fourth of July starts off with a BOOM! Young chapter book readers ages 7 to 10, reluctant readers, and fans of ...



  • Emperor of the Universe

    Emperor of the Universe - 1

    "Fans of Dav Pilkey, Jon Scieszka, and Tom Angleberger will race to read this smart and silly space adventure." -- School Library Journal The launch of a hilarious space adventure trilogy for young readers by David Lubar, author of the popular We...

  • The Boy Who Cried Wool: And Other Stories

    Teeny Weenies - 3

    Celebrate Halloween-y with Teeny Weenies: The Boy Who Cried Wool. David Lubar is the master of the short story for kids. Now he’s back with his third collection of Teeny Weenies stories, just in time for Halloween! Young chapter book readers age...

  • My Favorite President: And Other Stories

    Teeny Weenies - 4

    Celebrate the holidays with Teeny Weenies: My Favorite President! David Lubar is the master of the short story for kids. Now he’s back with his fourth collection of Teeny Weenies stories, just in time for the winter holidays! Young chapter book ...

  • The Eighth Octopus: And Other Stories

    Teeny Weenies - 5

    Summer is here -- and so are the Teeny Weenies!David Lubar is the master of the short story for kids. Now he’s back with a new collection -- Teeny Weenies: The Eighth Octopus -- just in time for school break! Perfect for the summer holidays, these ...

  • Fishing for Pets: And Other Stories

    Teeny Weenies - 6

    Summer is here -- and so are the Teeny Weenies!David Lubar is the master of the short story for kids. Now he’s back with a new collection -- Teeny Weenies: Fishing for Pets -- just in time for school break! Perfect for the summer holidays, these fu...

  • The Clone Catastrophe

    Emperor of the Universe - 2

    “What do you get when you combine a 7th grader, a gerbil, a package of ground beef, and an alien space ship on a chase across the universe? David Lubar’s latest masterpiece, of course!” -- Dan Gutman, bestselling author of the My Weird School s...

  • The Emperor's Last Stand

    Emperor of the Universe - 3

    The Emperor's Last Stand is the third and final hilarious intergalactic Emperor of the Universe adventure by David Lubar.“What do you get when you combine a 7th grader, a gerbil, a package of ground beef, and an alien space ship on a chase across t...

Award-Winning Books by David Lubar

Punished!
2009 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate
2010 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award -- Intermediate


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Lubar has published 56 books.

David Lubar does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Emperor's Last Stand, was published in September 2023.

The first book by David Lubar, The Psychozone: Kidzilla & Other Tales, was published in April 1997.

Yes. David Lubar has 9 series.
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