Paul Zindel
Bibliography

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Fiction

The Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
Fifteen-year-old Eugene Dingman records in his personal diary his summer spent as a waiter in a hotel in the Adirondacks, learning to cope with rejection from the girl he has a crush on as well as from his own father.

Attack of the Killer Fishsticks. New York: Bantam Books, 1993. Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch Series

When Dave and the other members of the Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch decide to help a new kid named Max run in fifth grade class elections, they face off with the Nasty Blobs, two of the most rotten, creepy goons in their class. Will the Lunch Bunch win?

A Begonia for Miss Applebaum. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.

Discovering that their beloved former teacher Miss Applebaum is terminally ill, fifteen-year-old Henry and his friend Zelda accompany her on her excursions to the colorful parts of New York City and join her in confronting death with quiet courage.

Confessions of a Teenage Baboon. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.

On one of his mother's nursing cases a "misfit" teenager meets a man who gives Chris some needed lessons in life.

David & Della. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.

David Mahooley, a teenage playwright suffering from writer's block , finds himself drawn into the passionate world of a flamboyant, alcoholic young actress with a talent for lying.

The Doom Stone. 1st Hyperion pbk. ed. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 1996.

When fifteen-year-old Jackson visits his aunt in England, he becomes caught up in a chase to capture an unknown creature who is stalking and killing people on the plains surrounding ancient Stonehenge.

Fifth Grade Safari. Illustrated by Jeff Mangiat. New York: Bantam Books, 1993. Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch Series

Join the Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch as they get to explore a living, breathing classroom--the newly renovated Zoo Habitat!

Fright Party. Illustrated by Jeff Mangiat. New York: Bantam Books, 1993. Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch Series.

The Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch plans a fright party sure to scare the socks off even their archenemies.

The Gadget. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

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.

The Girl Who Wanted a Boy. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.

A fifteen-year-old scientific whiz who feels like a clod around boys falls in love for the first time with an auto mechanic whose picture she has seen.

Harry and Hortense at Hormone High. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.

Two teenagers think they may have found a hero in a schizophrenic boy who thinks he is Icarus.

I Love My Mother. Pictures by John Melo. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.

Picture book. A little boy tells of his special relationship with his mother.

I Never Loved Your Mind. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

Records the relationship of Dewey and Yvette, two high school dropouts working in a hospital.

Loch; A Novel. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but soon discover that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.

My Darling, My Hamburger. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.

Four high school seniors struggle with the responsibilities of growing up, particularly the problems of an intimate relationship.

Night of the Bat. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2001.

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.

Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball!. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.

Two alienated teenagers learn to cope with their personal problems by being honest with each other.

The Pigman. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.

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

The Pigman's Legacy. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1980.

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

Raptor. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1998.

Zack and his Ute Indian friend find themselves trapped in a cave with a living dinosaur--the deadly Utahraptor.

Raptor. [Sound cassettes] Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2000.

Rats. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1999.

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.

Reef of Death. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1998; 1st Hyperion paperback ed, 1998.

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.

To Take a Dare. By Crescent Dragonwagon and Paul Zindel. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1982.

A teenage runaway encounters both love and loneliness when she decides to settle in a small Arkansas town.

A Star for the Latecomer. By Bonnie Zindel and Paul Zindel. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1980.

A young girl desperately tries to become a star before tragedy strikes.

The 100% Laugh Riot. By Paul Zindel; illustrated by Jeff Mangiat. New York: Bantam Books, 1994. Wacky Facts lunch Bunch Series

The Undertaker's Gone Bananas. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1978.

Two teenagers believe a neighbor, an undertaker, has murdered his wife but can't convince anyone else.

When a Darkness Falls. New York: Bantam Books, 1984.

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Nonfiction

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds; A Drama in Two Acts. Drawings by Dong Kingman. New York: Harper & Row, 1971.

Let Me Hear You Whisper; a Play. Drawings by Stephen Gammell. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.

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Screenplays

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds; A Drama in Two Acts. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1970.

Mame. Warner Brothers in Association with the American

Broadcasting Companies. 1974.

Runaway Train. Northbrook Films, 1985.

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Plays

Amulets against the Dragon Forces. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1989.

And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little. New York: Random House, 1972.

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild; A Comedy in Three Acts. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1973.

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About Paul Zindel

Forman, Jack Jacob. Presenting Paul Zindel. Boston: Twayne, 1988.
Some biography and literary criticism.

Zindel, Paul. The Pigman & Me. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.

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

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