Book excerpt: There's only one way to stop a zombie teacher from munching your BRAINZ and that's by reading more books!When Dash Storey arrives at Haven Middle School with a backpack full of spooky books, he's itching to make some new friends, but this school is different. Way different. Books are outlawed, every student is forced to wear virtual reality "headsets," and his teacher has a serious case of hotdog breath. It's not long before Dash meets Izzy Hendrix, a voodoo-loving, straight-talking, flower-power smocked pre-teen from New Orleans, and she tells him the truth: their teacher is a zombie, and he's using the headsets to deep fry the sixth grader's brainz! Before Dash totally freaks, Izzy explains her plan for saving all the Haven kids from becoming zombie food-books. They make brainz taste bad! Luckily, Dash has his own creeptastic stash of books, but sneaking them into Haven Middle School could prove tricky. If Dash really wants to save his new classmates-and maybe even make a real friend-he's going to have to write a book of his own!Told in a mixture of illustrations and text, this book will appeal to middle-grade students as well as adults. Don't forget to be on the lookout for the next BRAINZ BOOK!