{"product_id":"zombie-baseball-beatdown-9780316220798","title":"Zombie Baseball Beatdown","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this inventive, fast-paced novel, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Printz Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi takes on hard-hitting themes--from food safety to racism and immigration--and creates a zany, grand-slam adventure that will get kids thinking about where their food comes from.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The zombie apocalypse begins on the day Rabi, Miguel, and Joe are practicing baseball near their town's local meatpacking plant and nearly get knocked out by a \u003ci\u003ereally big \u003c\/i\u003estink. Little do they know the plant's toxic cattle feed is turning cows into flesh-craving monsters  The boys decide to launch a stealth investigation into the plant's dangerous practices, unknowingly discovering a greedy corporation's plot to look the other way as tainted meat is sold to thousands all over the country. With no grownups left they can trust, Rabi and his friends will have to grab their bats to protect themselves (and a few of their enemies) if they want to stay alive...and maybe even save the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little, Brown Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316220798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e160816 \/ Zombie Baseball Beatdown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bacigalupi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636181921948,"sku":"9780316220798","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_64b8db49-ff30-4f17-88e0-65b0ba06cd2c.jpg?v=1603841184","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/zombie-baseball-beatdown-9780316220798","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}