In 1945, having joined his father at Los Alamos, where he and other scientists are working on a secret project to end World War II, thirteen-year-old Stephen becomes caught in a web of secrecy and intrigue.

3) The pigman

Author

Zindel, Paul

Pub. Date

2005.

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6

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A teenage boy and girl, high school sophomores from unhappy homes, tell of their bizarre relationship with an old man.

4) Reef of death

Author

Zindel, Paul

Pub. Date

[1998]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4

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While helping a beautiful Aboriginal girl search for her people's missing treasure near the Great Barrier Reef, seventeen-year-old PC finds himself fighting an evil scientist and a deadly underwater monster.

5) The Pigman's Legacy

Author

Zindel, Paul

Pub. Date

[1980]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6

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Haunted by the memory of a dead friend, two teenagers join an old man in a series of misadventures.

6) The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the moon marigolds: a drama in two acts

Author

Zindel, Paul

Pub. Date

1984, c1971

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2

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A two-act play depicting an embittered mother who vents her frustrations upon her two daughters.

7) Night of the bat

Author

Zindel, Paul

Pub. Date

2001.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3

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Teenage Jake joins his father on an expedition to study bats in the Brazilian rain forest and finds the project menaced by a giant brain-eating bat.

8) The Pigman & Me

Author

Zindel, Paul

Pub. Date

1993, c1991

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5

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An account of Paul Zindel's teenage years on Staten Island, when his life was enriched by finding his own personal pigman, or mentor.

9) Rats

Author

Zindel, Paul

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6

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When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.