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Zack Files #10
Zack Files 10: Bozo the Clone
" My clone looks like me.
My clone talks like me.
He helps me with my homework
and takes care of my bullies.
And he could be the answer
to all my problems.
Or he could be my biggest one yet!
My clone talks like me.
He helps me with my homework
and takes care of my bullies.
And he could be the answer
to all my problems.
Or he could be my biggest one yet!
64 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1997
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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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July 3, 2018
Zack, who is constantly getting into weird and supernatural problems, suddenly is faced with a problem of a much more mundane nature: He's being hassled by a trio of schoolyard bullies. A hance encounter with a film crew doing a fight scene for a movie gets him thinking of the idea of getting his own stunt double: A clone who will do the fighting back for him.
And before long, an opportunity presents itself: Not exactly a stuntman or a clone; it's a magical tulpa, which he conjures from a mysterious box he buys from (where else?) a weird old vendor at a flea market.
Not surprisingly things go wrong rapidly. It's not really horror-movie wrong. It's more like afterschool-special wrong. The ending is clever, but most of the buildup is pretty ordinary fare that you would expect to find in this kind of story.
The Kiddo (age 10) read this as part of his summer reading list, and he enjoyed the jokes, although he also seemed to know where it was all heading.
And before long, an opportunity presents itself: Not exactly a stuntman or a clone; it's a magical tulpa, which he conjures from a mysterious box he buys from (where else?) a weird old vendor at a flea market.
Not surprisingly things go wrong rapidly. It's not really horror-movie wrong. It's more like afterschool-special wrong. The ending is clever, but most of the buildup is pretty ordinary fare that you would expect to find in this kind of story.
The Kiddo (age 10) read this as part of his summer reading list, and he enjoyed the jokes, although he also seemed to know where it was all heading.
July 26, 2021
I could see myself reading this whole series when I was younger.
August 27, 2025
NOSTALGIA
April 5, 2025
Needed a bit more tulpa details n more length. Good original idea though to thwart bullies.
February 13, 2010
Ben read a whole bunch of these Zack Files books, so I wanted to find out what they're like. They're fine. Nothing to make me want to read more, but nothing to make me worry about Ben reading them, either. I'm sure the books are formulaic (I only read this one), and I don't know that Ben gets that much out of them -- except to feed his love of reading, which is enough for now. He also reads higher-quality books, thank goodness! This book had an interesting plot about a boy creating a doppelganger who initially solves some problems for him but eventually creates worse ones. Not bad.
December 13, 2012
1.the amount of the time I read
50minutes
2.word summary
(1)movie (2)bullies(3)buy(4)special box(5)tulpa(6)peanuts butter(7)many
3.two discussions
(1)Do you want own clone?
Humm……, before I read this book, I want my clone.
However, I really don't my clone by reading this book.
(2)If you had your clone, what thing do you want your clone to?
I want my clone to go to 1st period class because it is hard for me to get up early.
50minutes
2.word summary
(1)movie (2)bullies(3)buy(4)special box(5)tulpa(6)peanuts butter(7)many
3.two discussions
(1)Do you want own clone?
Humm……, before I read this book, I want my clone.
However, I really don't my clone by reading this book.
(2)If you had your clone, what thing do you want your clone to?
I want my clone to go to 1st period class because it is hard for me to get up early.
June 7, 2012
This time Zack buys a magic box that he can then clone himself. He has been having problems with blues do the clone takes care of them by giving all 3 huge wedgies. They never bother him again though the clone causes further problems and now he needs to find a way to get rid of them.
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October 14, 2009great book
April 25, 2010
The Zack Files series will interest 6-8 year olds looking for laughs and outrageous antics! Many of the stories involve wacky science and mystery - a good recipe to engage readers of this age.
August 5, 2011
IT was stupid and funny
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