The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weird Junior Edition

by David Borgenicht, Justin Heimberg, Chuck Gonzales (Illustrator)

Overview

“Tips on how to survive the bizarre—an alien abduction, vampires, and zombies, and how to pack for time travel . . . Humor-filled . . . Enjoyable.” —School Library Journal
 
The authors of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series are back with a hilarious (and helpful!) handbook that’s a blast through space, time, history, and the imagination. Adventurous kids can find out how to survive a Mars landing, fight a werewolf, deal with a Bigfoot sighting, outwit a leprechaun, prepare for time travel to the prehistoric, ancient, and medieval world, and more.
 
Peppered with historical and scientific facts along with wisdom from folklore, this book in the New York Times–bestselling series will amaze, amuse, and delight.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811879750
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	06/24/2022
Series:	Worst-Case Scenario
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	130
Lexile:	1000L (what's this?)
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

David Borgenicht is a writer, editor, publisher, and co-author of all the books in the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series. He lives in Philadelphia.

Justin Heimberg has fended off piranhas, survived sandstorms, and battled tigers in his imagination. He lives a much less extreme real life in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Editorial Reviews

KIRKUS REVIEWS
this will catch the eye and likely draw a few yuks from susceptible young readers

KIRKUS REVIEWS
this will catch the eye and likely draw a few yuks from susceptible young readers

KIRKUS REVIEWS
this will catch the eye and likely draw a few yuks from susceptible young readers

From the Publisher

A bit of literary gossamer if ever there was one, the latest of the Worst-Case Scenario Handbooks offers perfunctory advice for readers unfortunate enough to be kidnapped by aliens, attacked by mummies, ghosts, vampires or zombies ("Don't get cornered"), transported to ancient Rome or prehistoric times and like predicaments. Occasional tiny particles of actual folklore float amid the chaff and-except when they're wrong (no, rats don't carry plague, fleas do)-at least add traces of substance. The level of humor is relentlessly fourth grade, from "Werewolf! There wolf" to "If your friend's bunk bed has a lid, avoid a sleepover at all costs!" Endowed with a lavender color scheme for the page borders and small cartoons that clash nicely with the chartreuse cover, this will catch the eye and likely draw a few yuks from susceptible young readers before drifting from view. (Semi-informational recreation. 8-10)

Kirkus Reviews