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Middle School Bites: Tom Bites Back

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Tom the Vam-Wolf-Zom is back--and so is the vampire bat that bit him--in this monstrously funny series about a boy who's dying to fit in.

"Fast! Funny! Fresh!" --Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series

"What are you waiting for? Open this book right now!" --Tom Angleberger, New York Times best-selling author of the Origami Yoda series


Eleven-year-old Tom was bit by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie right before the first day of middle school. It was a weird and crazy day. And the worst part? Even a Vam-Wolf-Zom needs to go to sixth grade. At least his neighbors and classmates seem to have accepted him. Annie even wants him to join her band!

Plus, there are some cool things about having vampire and werewolf traits. Tom has night vision now, and he's super-fast and strong. (There's nothing cool about being a zombie.) Maybe life as a Vam-Wolf-Zom will be as EXCELLENT as his best friend, Zeke, predicted. But when the bat that bit Tom shows up again, and speaks to him, he knows it's time for a new plan. Tom's laugh-out-loud adventures continue as he navigates normal sixth grade stuff - singing in a band, dressing up for Halloween, tolerating his older sister - despite being the only Vam-Wolf-Zom known to humankind.

Created by an Emmy-nominated writer for SpongeBob, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, and CatDog. Don't miss Middle School Bites, the first book in the series!
Steven Banks is an American musician, comedian, actor, and New York Times–bestselling writer. He has worked on Nickelodeon TV shows, including CatDog, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and SpongeBob SquarePants, for which he was the story editor and head writer. His books include King of the Creeps and the SpongeBob SquarePants story Show Me the Bunny! View titles by Steven Banks

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Tom the Vam-Wolf-Zom is back--and so is the vampire bat that bit him--in this monstrously funny series about a boy who's dying to fit in.

"Fast! Funny! Fresh!" --Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series

"What are you waiting for? Open this book right now!" --Tom Angleberger, New York Times best-selling author of the Origami Yoda series


Eleven-year-old Tom was bit by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie right before the first day of middle school. It was a weird and crazy day. And the worst part? Even a Vam-Wolf-Zom needs to go to sixth grade. At least his neighbors and classmates seem to have accepted him. Annie even wants him to join her band!

Plus, there are some cool things about having vampire and werewolf traits. Tom has night vision now, and he's super-fast and strong. (There's nothing cool about being a zombie.) Maybe life as a Vam-Wolf-Zom will be as EXCELLENT as his best friend, Zeke, predicted. But when the bat that bit Tom shows up again, and speaks to him, he knows it's time for a new plan. Tom's laugh-out-loud adventures continue as he navigates normal sixth grade stuff - singing in a band, dressing up for Halloween, tolerating his older sister - despite being the only Vam-Wolf-Zom known to humankind.

Created by an Emmy-nominated writer for SpongeBob, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, and CatDog. Don't miss Middle School Bites, the first book in the series!

Author

Steven Banks is an American musician, comedian, actor, and New York Times–bestselling writer. He has worked on Nickelodeon TV shows, including CatDog, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and SpongeBob SquarePants, for which he was the story editor and head writer. His books include King of the Creeps and the SpongeBob SquarePants story Show Me the Bunny! View titles by Steven Banks

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