When a flubbed electricity experiment in science class gives Zack a shock, he suddenly finds out he has a talent he never had before--Zack can now read other people's minds!
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A normal 10-year old boy Zack has a knack for getting into strangest situations. In Wanda, he attempts to clear his flat of a mannerless 8-year-old poltergeist who chats by spelling out words with peanut M&Ms. In Litter Box, he plans to adopt a kitten but instead gets an irritating speaking cat that vouches to be the reincarnation of his great-grandfather. He sees his own reflection in the Medicine Cabinet mirror and falls through into a skewed world that its dwellers consider much better than ours. An electrical shock takes place at school and Zap!? Zack can hear thoughts, including a bloodthirsty voice expressing an eagerness to kill. The stories have a whacked-out, off-the-wall humor that is reminiscent of the work of Daniel Pinkwater. At the same time, they neatly poke fun at the conventions of popular horror series. Children will find some of the episodes really amusing. Great-Grandpa the cat threatens to "take a leak" on the sofa if Zack doesn't provide him with his preferred food (herring with sour cream!); Wanda and a fellow ghost yank down a bully's pants. The books are short without looking babyish and would appeal to reluctant readers as well as those with a taste for oddball humor?
All I, Sushil Bhan, can add is that you can zap any info on anybody. Today's infotech allows that. So keep zapping!
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