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In Pura Belpre Honor-winning author Adrianna Cuevas''s new spooky middle grade novel. Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father''s body-farm laboratory--that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD. No one has ever called Frani Gonzalez squeamish. Seriously, whether it''s guts ( no big deal) , bugs ( move aside, she''s got this) , or anything else that you might find at the Central Texas Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, to her and her dad, the university''s body farm is just home. Having bodies buried in her backyard doesn''t exactly make Frani the most popular kid in school, and the imaginary spider that lives in a web in her brain isn''t helping either. Aranita''s always to blame for the distracted thoughts weaving through Frani''s mind. But when a hand reaches out of the ground and grabs her ankle, Frani realizes that she''s got bigger problems. Not everything is as it seems at the body farm, and now Frani must help the teenage zombie that crawled out of the dirt...before he gets too hungry. But as more and more zombies begin to appear--and they seem to get less and less friendly--can Frani embrace the true nature of her brain and count on new friendships to solve the body farm''s mystery before it''s overrun with the undead?
About the author
Adrianna Cuevas is the author of the Pura Belpré Honor Book The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, Cuba in My Pocket, The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto, and Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo. She is a first-generation Cuban American originally from Miami, Florida. A former Spanish and ESOL teacher, Adrianna currently resides outside of Austin, Texas, with her husband and son. When not working with TOEFL students, wrangling multiple pets including an axolotl, and practicing fencing with her son, she is writing her next middle grade novel.
