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Bats
Deep in the Amazon jungle, members of a scientific expedition are disappearing! Jake fears his dad, a bat biologist, is in danger. Against his father's wishes, he flies to Brazil to join the team, and embarks on his own investigation. High up in the treacherous rainforest canopy, something is waiting for him. Something as ancient as the dinosaurs, but fiercer. Something that wants a gruesome revenge!
- GenresHorror
192 pages, Paperback
First published October 19, 2000
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About the author
Paul Zindel
85 books301 followersPaul Zindel was an American author, playwright and educator.
In 1964, he wrote The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, his first and most successful play. The play ran off-Broadway in 1970, and on Broadway in 1971. It won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was also made into a 1972 movie by 20th Century Fox. Charlotte Zolotow, then a vice-president at Harper & Row (now Harper-Collins) contacted him to writing for her book label. Zindel wrote 39 books, all of them aimed at children or young adults. Many of these were set in his home town of Staten Island, New York. They tended to be semi-autobiographical, focusing on teenage misfits with abusive or neglectful parents. Despite the often dark subject matter of his books, which deal with loneliness, loss, and the effects of abuse, they are also filled with humor. Many of his novels have wacky titles, such as My Darling, My Hamburger, or Confessions of A Teenage Baboon.
The Pigman, first published in 1968, is widely taught in American schools, and also made it on to the list of most frequently banned books in America in the 1990s, because of what some deem offensive language.
In 1964, he wrote The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, his first and most successful play. The play ran off-Broadway in 1970, and on Broadway in 1971. It won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was also made into a 1972 movie by 20th Century Fox. Charlotte Zolotow, then a vice-president at Harper & Row (now Harper-Collins) contacted him to writing for her book label. Zindel wrote 39 books, all of them aimed at children or young adults. Many of these were set in his home town of Staten Island, New York. They tended to be semi-autobiographical, focusing on teenage misfits with abusive or neglectful parents. Despite the often dark subject matter of his books, which deal with loneliness, loss, and the effects of abuse, they are also filled with humor. Many of his novels have wacky titles, such as My Darling, My Hamburger, or Confessions of A Teenage Baboon.
The Pigman, first published in 1968, is widely taught in American schools, and also made it on to the list of most frequently banned books in America in the 1990s, because of what some deem offensive language.
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September 5, 2023
Firstly, how cool is this cover? The artwork is fantastically intense, trust me when I say this picture doesn't do it justice.
This book throws you straight into the expansive backdrop of a seemingly neverending jungle which at the same time felt claustrophobic and ever shrinking on our protagonists. I loved this as a setting. The titular bat is a menacing, terrorising presence. I had a couple of downsides that brought the book down for me though. Firstly, the writing felt like It was a middle grade book but the gore was definitely YA, so I felt like the book didn't know what it wanted to be and the fact it never committed was to its detriment. Secondly, the chapters are titled instead of numbered and the titles are straight up spoilers, so much so that one of them straight up tells you a character (and names which one) is going to die in that chapter. It was still a fun, quick read for what it was though.
This book throws you straight into the expansive backdrop of a seemingly neverending jungle which at the same time felt claustrophobic and ever shrinking on our protagonists. I loved this as a setting. The titular bat is a menacing, terrorising presence. I had a couple of downsides that brought the book down for me though. Firstly, the writing felt like It was a middle grade book but the gore was definitely YA, so I felt like the book didn't know what it wanted to be and the fact it never committed was to its detriment. Secondly, the chapters are titled instead of numbered and the titles are straight up spoilers, so much so that one of them straight up tells you a character (and names which one) is going to die in that chapter. It was still a fun, quick read for what it was though.
October 16, 2025
Actually a pretty good, fast read book! I was shocked that I actually liked it!
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