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Stay calm and remain HAPPY. Help is on the way. Perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Jennifer L. Holm, this adventure-packed middle grade story, set in a world not too far from our own, follows a family that moves to a remote company town that seems perfect on the surface....Keegan knows there's something off about Happy Town.The isolated, high-tech company town is too perfect - with a dome keeping out bad weather and self-driving vehicles rumbling throughout the town delivering residents to work and school. Still, Keegan is excited to grow his art skills at Happy Town's ultra-modern middle school, even if he has less time to see his mom and stepdad because of their new jobs.But when the two become obsessed with working and eating Happy Corp Meat Cramwich (the Microwaveable Sandwich Crammed with Meat) and Keegan gets sentenced to Mandatory Work Opportunities for refusing to follow Happy Town's shady rules, he discovers a dangerous glitch in the system that's turning the town's happy residents into zombies.
About the Author
Greg van Eekhout writes novels for adults and young readers. His middle-grade novels include Weird Kid, Cog, Voyage of the Dogs, The Boy at the End of the World, and Kid vs. Squid. His adult novels include Norse Code, and the Daniel Blackland trilogy (California Bones, Pacific Fire, and Dragon Coast) . He lives in San Diego.
