ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN by Paolo Bacigalupi ( 9780349001746 )

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Title:

ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN

By:

Paolo Bacigalupi

Format:

Paperback

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£6.99

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ISBN 10:

034900174X

ISBN 13:

9780349001746

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Publisher:

HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP

Pub. date:

10 September, 2013

Pages:

304

Description:

A wacky, suspenseful middle grade adventure from a Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author that will get kids thinking about where their food comes from.

Synopsis:

The apocalypse begins on the day Rabi, Miguel and Joe are practicing baseball near their town's local meatpacking plant and nearly get knocked out by a really big stink. Little do they know the plant's toxic cattle feed is turning cows into flesh-craving monsters...ZOMBIES!!! The boys decide to launch a stealth investigation into the plant's dangerous practices, unknowingly discovering a greedy corporation's plot to look the other way as tainted meat is sold to thousands all over the country. With no grown-ups left they can trust, Rabi and his friends will have to grab their bats to protect themselves (and a few of their enemies) if they want to stay alive...and maybe even save the world. In this inventive, fast-paced novel that strikes a pitch-perfect tone for reluctant readers, National Book Award finalist and Printz Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi effectively uses humour and high-intensity action to take on hard-hitting themes - from food safety to racism and immigration - and creates a zany, grand-slam adventure that will get kids thinking about where their food comes from.

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Imprint:

Little, Brown Young Readers

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Returnable

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