Perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Jennifer L. Holm, this adventure-packed middle grade story, set in a world not too far from our own, follows a family that moves to a remote company town that seems perfect on the surface....
Keegan knows thereโs something off about Happy Town.
The isolated, high-tech company town is too perfectโwith a dome keeping out bad weather and self-driving vehicles rumbling throughout the town delivering residents to work and school. Still, Keegan is excited to grow his art skills at Happy Townโs ultra-modern middle school, even if he has less time to see his mom and stepdad because of their new jobs.
But when the two become obsessed with working and eating Happy Corp Meat Cramwich (the Microwaveable Sandwich Crammed with Meat) and Keegan gets sentenced to Mandatory Work Opportunities for refusing to follow Happy Townโs shady rules, he discovers a dangerous glitch in the system thatโs turning the townโs happy residents into zombies. Carnivorous, meat-craving, literalย zombies. With his new friends Gloriana and Tank by his side, heโll need to find a way to destroy Happy Townโs happy systemโbefore thereโs nothing left.
Greg van Eekhout lives in San Diego, California, with his astronomy/physics professor wife and two dogs. Heโs worked as an educational software developer, ice-cream scooper, part-time college instructor, and telemarketer. Being a writer is the only job heโs ever actually liked. You can find more about Greg at his website: writingandsnacks.com.