Welcome. Have a seat. Ignore the shambling undead outside. Let us tell you a story. But be warned. Good Night, Zombie isn't just any tale. This is a Scary Tale. Meet Carter, Esme, and Arnold, three students accidentally locked together inside an almost deserted school. They are not friends. They scarcely know each other. But In the basement, a mysterious night janitor waits. And outside, moving in the mist, dark shapes shuffle closer... James Prelleraknows his audience: It's what so many students, on every school visit, tell me that they want. You guessed it, scary stories for grades 2-4, 80 page chapter books. And by scary I mean . . . spine-tingling,aheart-pounding scary.

JAMES PRELLER is the author of Six Innings, Bystander, and the Jigsaw Jones series.a He lives in Delmar, New York, with his wife, three kids, two black cats, and a not-so-scary dog.a aIACOPO BRUNO is a graphic artist and illustrator who lives in Italy.

1aTRAPPEDCarter Novack pulled hard on the school front doors. He pushed, tugged a