SP Zack Files 18: How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem [Paperback]

Dan Greenburg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2000 | Series: Zack Files

Forget about the Y2K problem! Zack's up to his ears in dragons and wizards when a computer glitch sends him hurtling back in time to the year 999--and a peculiar boys' school known as Dragon Slayers' Academy!

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (October 23, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448425750
• ISBN-13: 978-0448425757
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Dan Greenburg has known success as a humorist, a novelist, a journalist, a screenwriter, and a playwright. Now he has turned his considerable talent to writing an original new series of books for a younger audience. Inspired by his own son Zack, for whom the hero of his new series, The Zack Files, is named, Greenburg has combined his love of humor, his interest in things paranormal, and his talent for writing to create books that kids like Zack will want to read. With 18 books to his credit, Dan Greenburg's work has been translated into 19 languages and is available in 22 countries. His best-selling titles for adults include How to Be a Jewish Mother, How to Make Yourself Miserable, Scoring, Love Kills, How to Avoid Love and Marriage and Exes. His previous books for children include Young Santa, The Bed Who Ran Away From Home, Jumbo the Boy and Arnold the Elephant. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Ms., Time, Newsweek, Life, New York magazine, Cosmopolitan, the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Playboy, and have been reprinted in 33 anthologies of humor and satire in the United States and England. Born and raised in Chicago, Dan Greenburg received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Illinois, and his M.A. from UCLA. He is the father of Zack, a teenage son, who played the title role in the motion picture, LORENZO'S OIL, and served as the inspiration for The Zack Files. Mr. Greenburg lives in Westchester County, New York.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gettinghooked on another series, October 31, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Zack Files 18: How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem (Paperback)

I read the Dragon Slayers Academy (DSA) aloud to my kids. They loved that series. The series hooked my boys into reading. I did not know what books I would turn to next, when I was done with the DSA series. I thought it was very clever that the Zack series was introduced to us by the DSA series when Zack entered the year 999. My boys couldn't wait to start reading the new series.

Also, I thought it was a clever way to show how idioms and new inventions aren't understood by people of another era. Zack files are simplier than DSA. But, they are creative. It does stimulate my boys imagination.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best in Zack Files, March 10, 2005

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V. McEnroe "mcenroe1" (Mason, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zack Files 18: How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem (Paperback)

My 5 year old son loves the Zack Files series. This particular episode did not keep his interest as well as the others we have read. Maybe it was a little beyond his understanding. I highly recommend the other books in the series.

4.0 out of 5 stars Y1K?, December 18, 2001

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Michael J. Mazza - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zack Files 18: How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem (Paperback)

"How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem," by Dan Greenburg, is one in the "Zack Files" series of short novels for young readers. The book is illustrated by Jack E. Davis. In this story, contemporary schoolboy Zack is doing research for a school assignment. He is accidentally transported back in time to the year 999, where he discovers a conroversy surrounding the impending dawn of the year 1000. Zack's adventures involve both the students of the Dragon Slayers' Academy and an actual dragon.

This book is good silly fun, with some clever jokes and pop culture references. If you are looking for something that is actually eduactional about the year 999, look elswhere; the accent here is on comedy and fantasy. Davis' illustrations have a goofy charm and effectively compliment the text. Overall, a pretty good book.