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Zack Files #19
The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot
Zack's first trip to sleep-away camp gets a little hairy when legends of a mysterious creature lurking in the woods turn out to be more than just campfire tales. Is it the missing link? Yeti? Sasquatch? Bigfoot?
64 pages, Paperback
First published May 22, 2000
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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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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
January 25, 2013
I think this book is very good!This book is about a boy named zack.He always sees many strange things.This time he and his friend saw a bigfoot in the forest in the night.They went to the forest because zack and his friend joined a camp.They thought bigfoots are dangerous.But the bigfoot they saw was not dangerous.When they see the bigfoot,they helped the bifoot to go out the trap.They became friends.
January 3, 2023
The entire premise of this book is young children attend summer camp at Native American “themed” “Camp Weno-Wanna-Getta-Wedgee”. It is culturally inappropriate and downright derogatory. Frequent misuse of terms like “Chief” and “Tepee” are nestled alongside an incredibly inappropriate and offensive slang term for Native women. I cannot believe that this book exists freely to be read by children with no warning. My 7-year-old brought this home from school.
April 29, 2018
Read in April 2018
*Spoiler* Gordon: "I liked the part were they go in the woods and Big Foot is in the trap and they get him out."
*Spoiler* Gordon: "I liked the part were they go in the woods and Big Foot is in the trap and they get him out."
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January 1, 2016
Even thought I first read this when I was very young and first rated it in August 2011, I'm upping my 3 star rating to 4. I gravitate towards this random bookshelf in the hallway of my house and it has a ton of forgotten books. I've been reading a bunch of them lately, so when I saw this, all the fond Zack Files memories came back. For a young kid's book, this was actually very clever. It's like a satirical version of all those old mystery series. I'll be re-picking up the ones we own, that's for sure. These take 10 minutes to read and they're just amusing!
I wonder if they're still being written.
I wonder if they're still being written.
November 26, 2012
-Grosset and Dunlap reading level 2.7
- TImes 11/20 30min 11/24 30min
-7word summary boy-freind-forest-activities-girls-monster-New York
Discussion Question
1, What kind of monster do you like?
I like Pikachu the best because it is so cute.
2, Have you ever gone to camp?
Tes, when I was junior high, I went to Inabu.
- TImes 11/20 30min 11/24 30min
-7word summary boy-freind-forest-activities-girls-monster-New York
Discussion Question
1, What kind of monster do you like?
I like Pikachu the best because it is so cute.
2, Have you ever gone to camp?
Tes, when I was junior high, I went to Inabu.
December 16, 2012
I chose this book because I like Zack series.
7 words
Boys Camp Play Search Bigfoot Picture Friend
Do you believe in monsters like Bigfoot?
Yes, I do. I want to see them. But I don't want to see agressive monsters.
Have you ever camped before?
No, I haven't. I have wanted to do so, but I don't have a chance to do it.
60min.
7 words
Boys Camp Play Search Bigfoot Picture Friend
Do you believe in monsters like Bigfoot?
Yes, I do. I want to see them. But I don't want to see agressive monsters.
Have you ever camped before?
No, I haven't. I have wanted to do so, but I don't have a chance to do it.
60min.
May 11, 2009
These books are kinda cheassy but i liked them when i was like in third grade.
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October 15, 2009WATCH OUT BIG FOOT' S BEHIND YOU
November 7, 2011
I wanna read more about bigfoot!
September 22, 2015
It was such a cute boy, I really liked it.
April 5, 2017
At summer camp, against the odds, two boys collect clues of Bigfoot's existence.
I was surprised by the ending.
Compare contrast with second graders: The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot!
I was surprised by the ending.
Compare contrast with second graders: The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot!
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