David Lubar





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David Lubar created a sensation with his debut novel, Hidden Talents, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Thousands of kids and educators across the country have voted Hidden Talents onto over twenty state lists. David is also the author of True Talents, the sequel to Hidden Talents; Flip, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror selection; several short story collections: In the Land of the Lawn Weenies, Invasion of the Road Weenies, The Curse of the Campfire Weenies, The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies, and Attack of the Vampire Weenies; and the Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie series. Lubar grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, and he has also lived in New Brunswick, Edison and Piscatawa...more


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On December 7th (no symbolism there) of 2011, Marshall Cavenidsh Children's Books announced that they had been sold to Amazon. This announcement would have meant nothing to me, except that on March of that year, I sold a young-adult short-story collection to them. Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge is a book I had been trying to sell, in various forms, for at least ten years. (A... read more »
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Average rating: 3.85 · 8,570 ratings · 1,687 reviews · 59 distinct works
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 2,759 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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Hidden Talents
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,122 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions
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True Talents
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Punished!
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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Dunk
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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Invasion of the Road Weenie...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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In the Land of the Lawn Wee...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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The Battle of the Red Hot P...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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My Rotten Life (Nathan Aber...
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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My Rotten Life Dead Guy Spy Goop Soup The Big Stink Enter the Zombie
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“See Scott run,
Run Scott run.
See Scott die,
No such luck.”
David Lubar, Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

“A kid might help another kid who fell into a river, and a kid might help another kid search for a lost baseball, but there isn't a kid I've met who will help another kid out of a humiliating situation. We just aren't built that way.”
David Lubar, Hidden Talents

“She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great a librarian she was. And how great a mom.”
David Lubar



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