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Zack Files #8
My Son, the Time Traveler
When Zack goes to a store to buy a baseball card, he finds himself face-to-face with his future son who has traveled back in time
57 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1997
About the author
Dan Greenburg
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BOOKS:
Dan's 73 books have been published in 24 countries.
His adult best-sellers include EXES, LOVE KILLS, HOW TO BE A JEWISH MOTHER, HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF MISERABLE, and HOW TO AVOID LOVE AND MARRIAGE. How to be a Jewish Mother sold several million copies. It and How to Make Yourself Miserable were in print for 30 years and were on Publishers Weekly’s list of all-time bestsellers.
Amazon will publish Dan’s third psychological thriller, FEAR ITSELF, in January 2014. They’ll also republish his first two thrillers, EXES and LOVE KILLS.
He’s written four series of children's books: THE ZACK FILES, SECRETS OF DRIPPING FANG, WEIRD PLANET, and MAXIMUM BOY. The Zack Files sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into 20 languages, and generated an Emmy-winning 52-episode TV series that ran on Showtime and Fox Family.
ADVENTURES:
Dan has written extensively about his adventures:
Riding with NYPD homicide detectives for two years to research thrillers FEAR ITSELF, EXES, and LOVE KILLS.
Interviewing murderers alone in their maximum security prison cells for FEAR ITSELF.
Attending autopsies in the NYC morgue for EXES.
Learning how to discipline tigers and lions on a Texas tiger ranch.
Swimming with 80,000 lb. humpback whales in the deep ocean.
Flying upside down with a stunt pilot in an open-cockpit biplane.
Participating in dangerous voodoo rites in Haiti.
Riding with NYC firemen for four months and following them into burning buildings.
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
Assisting exorcists in a Connecticut house attacked by poltergeists.
Acting a major character role in a Western movie filmed in Spain.
Doing stand-up comedy at the New York Improv, and on TV talk shows.
Getting screamed at by Orson Welles on the set of Catch-22 in Mexico.
MAGAZINES:
Dan’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Time, Life, Newsweek, Ms., Playboy, and have been reprinted in 44 humor anthologies in the U.S. and England.
MOVIES AND TV:
Dan has had six of his feature films produced, two of which are on Variety’s list of top grossing films.
THEATER:
Along with Jules Feiffer, John Lennon and Samuel Beckett, Dan was a contributor to Oh! Calcutta!, which ran on Broadway for 21 years. He was also a contributor to Free to be You and Me, which ran off and on Broadway for years.
MISC.:
Dan has appeared on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and Late Night with David Letterman. He grew up in Chicago, got his BFA from the University of Illinois, and his MFA from UCLA. He lives in Westchester, NY and British Columbia with his author wife Judith Greenburg and many cats.
dan@dangreenburg.com
BOOKS:
Dan's 73 books have been published in 24 countries.
His adult best-sellers include EXES, LOVE KILLS, HOW TO BE A JEWISH MOTHER, HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF MISERABLE, and HOW TO AVOID LOVE AND MARRIAGE. How to be a Jewish Mother sold several million copies. It and How to Make Yourself Miserable were in print for 30 years and were on Publishers Weekly’s list of all-time bestsellers.
Amazon will publish Dan’s third psychological thriller, FEAR ITSELF, in January 2014. They’ll also republish his first two thrillers, EXES and LOVE KILLS.
He’s written four series of children's books: THE ZACK FILES, SECRETS OF DRIPPING FANG, WEIRD PLANET, and MAXIMUM BOY. The Zack Files sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into 20 languages, and generated an Emmy-winning 52-episode TV series that ran on Showtime and Fox Family.
ADVENTURES:
Dan has written extensively about his adventures:
Riding with NYPD homicide detectives for two years to research thrillers FEAR ITSELF, EXES, and LOVE KILLS.
Interviewing murderers alone in their maximum security prison cells for FEAR ITSELF.
Attending autopsies in the NYC morgue for EXES.
Learning how to discipline tigers and lions on a Texas tiger ranch.
Swimming with 80,000 lb. humpback whales in the deep ocean.
Flying upside down with a stunt pilot in an open-cockpit biplane.
Participating in dangerous voodoo rites in Haiti.
Riding with NYC firemen for four months and following them into burning buildings.
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
Assisting exorcists in a Connecticut house attacked by poltergeists.
Acting a major character role in a Western movie filmed in Spain.
Doing stand-up comedy at the New York Improv, and on TV talk shows.
Getting screamed at by Orson Welles on the set of Catch-22 in Mexico.
MAGAZINES:
Dan’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Time, Life, Newsweek, Ms., Playboy, and have been reprinted in 44 humor anthologies in the U.S. and England.
MOVIES AND TV:
Dan has had six of his feature films produced, two of which are on Variety’s list of top grossing films.
THEATER:
Along with Jules Feiffer, John Lennon and Samuel Beckett, Dan was a contributor to Oh! Calcutta!, which ran on Broadway for 21 years. He was also a contributor to Free to be You and Me, which ran off and on Broadway for years.
MISC.:
Dan has appeared on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and Late Night with David Letterman. He grew up in Chicago, got his BFA from the University of Illinois, and his MFA from UCLA. He lives in Westchester, NY and British Columbia with his author wife Judith Greenburg and many cats.
dan@dangreenburg.com
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November 14, 2012
"My son,the Time Traveler"
Reading Level:2.3
11/13=20min,15min,30mon,11/14=10min,10min
7words summary
boy-son-future-baseball-family-NY-name
Q1:If you could go past or future,which would you prefer?
I'm looking forward to having a future, so I don't want to go future artificially.I mean I prefer to past.
Q2:If you have son or daughter in the future,what would you teach?
Let me see...I'll behave usually friendlly and sometimes strict, because my father behaves like this. I admire my father.
Reading Level:2.3
11/13=20min,15min,30mon,11/14=10min,10min
7words summary
boy-son-future-baseball-family-NY-name
Q1:If you could go past or future,which would you prefer?
I'm looking forward to having a future, so I don't want to go future artificially.I mean I prefer to past.
Q2:If you have son or daughter in the future,what would you teach?
Let me see...I'll behave usually friendlly and sometimes strict, because my father behaves like this. I admire my father.
October 21, 2012
*Grosset&Dunlap/The Zack files
*10/19=15min 10/20=15min 10/21=35min
*7words summary
boy,card,son,lost,bus,back,wife
*discussion questions
1)If you could go to future or past,which do you want to go?
...I want to go to the future, because I don't care about my past and I am interested in my future more than my past.
2)Are you a punctual person? Why do you think so?
...I think I am a panctual person,but it dependes on my hours of sleep. of course, I have never been late for my part time job.
*10/19=15min 10/20=15min 10/21=35min
*7words summary
boy,card,son,lost,bus,back,wife
*discussion questions
1)If you could go to future or past,which do you want to go?
...I want to go to the future, because I don't care about my past and I am interested in my future more than my past.
2)Are you a punctual person? Why do you think so?
...I think I am a panctual person,but it dependes on my hours of sleep. of course, I have never been late for my part time job.
November 11, 2012
I shose this book because title sounded exciting.
7 words
Boy Son Future Father Know Family Grandma
If you could go to the future or parallel world, do you want to go?
I wanted to go there because I want know many things like new types of cars, cell phones and so on.
If you saw your son or daughter from the future, what would you do?
If I could see my son or daughter from the future, I want to ask him/her Who I will marry.
60min.
7 words
Boy Son Future Father Know Family Grandma
If you could go to the future or parallel world, do you want to go?
I wanted to go there because I want know many things like new types of cars, cell phones and so on.
If you saw your son or daughter from the future, what would you do?
If I could see my son or daughter from the future, I want to ask him/her Who I will marry.
60min.
December 3, 2012
-Grosser& Dunlap RL: 2.3
-Time:12/4=60min
-7-word summary; Zack-met-future-son-find-back-future
-Discussion question
Q. If you met your future son or daughter, what would you do?
A. If I met him or her, I would like to know about my future, such as my job.
Q. If you could do a time travel, where and when would you like to travel?
A. I would like to travel in Sengoku period and meet Nobunaga Oda.
-Time:12/4=60min
-7-word summary; Zack-met-future-son-find-back-future
-Discussion question
Q. If you met your future son or daughter, what would you do?
A. If I met him or her, I would like to know about my future, such as my job.
Q. If you could do a time travel, where and when would you like to travel?
A. I would like to travel in Sengoku period and meet Nobunaga Oda.
April 28, 2020
I loved it!
I think it was funny how Zack and Mach dint know they were related. Well, Mach halfway did.
But never had a chance to look at him in the first place. So he didn't know. And then they were staring at each other for a long time.
Also when zack ask his future son what his wife name was and what she looked like, at that minute when I had read that sentence it just cracked me up!
I think it was funny how Zack and Mach dint know they were related. Well, Mach halfway did.
But never had a chance to look at him in the first place. So he didn't know. And then they were staring at each other for a long time.
Also when zack ask his future son what his wife name was and what she looked like, at that minute when I had read that sentence it just cracked me up!
April 19, 2012
This Zack Files is about, Zack meeting his son that he will have in the future. And his name is Mack. Lol. In this great interesting adventure him and son get to know each other better and find out they have more in common then what they think.
December 24, 2007
Have you ever thought of meeting your children from future? The sci-fi is not only funny, but also heart-warming. It is an essetial read and is highly recommended.
March 22, 2009
This is Rebekah's new favorite series - the Zack Files. They are very imaginative and funny.
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October 14, 2009just finished and started it today
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January 25, 2016I want to recommend this fantasy series to a lot of my students.
February 24, 2025
Zack meets his son from the future. Fun!
November 29, 2008
i think that time traval will be fun!
Want to Read
January 8, 2014I like this book
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