Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire
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“AAAARRGGHHH!” screamed Perfect Peter.
“It’s the zombie vampires!” howled Tidy Ted.
“Run for your lives!” yelped Goody-Goody Gordon.
“Wait!” shouted Miss Lovely. “Children, come back!”
“We won’t eat you!” shouted Miss Battle-Axe.
“AAAARRRRGGHHHHHH!”
Acknowledgments
Jenny Gyertson has had her lovely story Fairies Paint the Rainbow stolen not once but twice: the least she deserves is an acknowledgment.
My thanks also to Steven Butler for telling me all about Theft Number One…
Horrid Henry plots a brilliant plan for total TV control; schemes, bribes, and fights his way to become class president; battles with Peter over who gets the awesome purple dinosaur and who’s stuck with the boring green one; and performs the greatest magic trick the world has ever seen at his school’s talent contest.
Horrid Henry invades Perfect Peter’s room; hunts for cookies in Moody Margaret’s Secret Club tent, with frightening results; writes his biography—and Moody Margaret’s; and plots to see the best band in the world (while his family wants to see the worst).
Horrid Henry builds the biggest, meanest monster snowman ever; writes his will (but is more interested in what others should be leaving him); starts his own makeover business; and manages to thwart the Happy Nappy for a chance to meet his favorite author in the whole world.
Horrid Henry discovers a genius way to write thank-you letters; negotiates over vegetables; competes with Perfect Peter over which of them is sickest; and finds himself wearing the wrong underpants—with dreadful consequences.
Henry is dragged to dancing class against his will; vies with Moody Margaret to make the yuckiest Glop; goes camping; and tries to be good like Perfect Peter—but not for long.
About the Author
Photo: Francesco Guidicini
Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over forty-five books and won the Children’s Book of the Year in 2008 at the Galaxy British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman.