SVETLANA CHMAKOVA. Coloring assistants: Melissa McCommon Lettering: JuYoun Lee. Copyright 2017 Svetlana Chmakova

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1 Svetlana Chmakova

2 SVETLANA CHMAKOVA Coloring assistants: Melissa McCommon Lettering: JuYoun Lee This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Copyright 2017 Svetlana Chmakova Yen Press, LLC supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact the publisher. Thank you for your support of the author s rights. Yen Press 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY Visit us at yenpress.com facebook.com/yenpress twitter.com/yenpress yenpress.tumblr.com First Yen Press Edition: May 2017 Yen Press is an imprint of Yen Press, LLC. The Yen Press name and logo are trademarks of Yen Press, LLC. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. Library of Congress Control Number: Hardcover ISBN: Paperback ISBN: RRD-C Printed in the United States of America

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5 My Name is Jensen. Jensen Graham. I may be just a regular kid at regular Berrybrook middle school......but I am going to save the world.

6 People are oblivious......but so many dangers lurk!! Sunspots are the big one...i m still figuring that one out...but say......if there s an earthquake? I know exactly what to do. And for a tornado too!...and...oh! If it s a zombie Apocalypse? I have a list of warning signs in my pocket. (In the same pocket, I also have a protein bar and a game boy. In case I have to barricade myself in the maintenance room...) 6

7 ...there are many zombie warning signs in my math class... I better be careful....of course, it could just be that this is math......with Mr. Kristoffer, the most boring and evil math teacher in the universe. Pay attention, class, or it s extra homework again for everyone! I haaaaate math. But mom said I ll need it for what I want to be- An astronaut at Nasa! 7

8 I can t wait to be a real astronaut. I m going to beat the longest space walk record......and when I go to Mars, I m gonna discover an ancient civilization....jensen. Jensen...?...for the last time, what is the correct answer to this problem? 8

9 UH... UM... IS...IT ? 68!...81? No, it most certainly is not! That s it!! extra homework for everyone!! twenty problems by tomorrow!! I wish the zombie survival guide covered situations like this... 9

10 It s okay. Next class will be better. It s English! I really like the teacher, Miss Lee......and I have a friend there, Penelope Torres. We re in the art club together. I just need to get there without- Hey, fatso. When are you gonna learn fractions, pea brain? If we have to do any more homework because of you, I m gonna make you regret it. got that? 10

11 I-I... I M SORRY...? Hey, what s going on here? Jenny!! Foster? Yanic? Is there a problem? Uh...no... We gotta get to class. Later! Later, Jensen. But hopefully never! 11

12 I didn t get any good pictures. It s okay. We ll get those trolls next time. h-hi, guys!...this is Jenny, Akilah, and Felipe. They run the school newspaper and a popular vlog. No one wants to mess with them. C mon, we gotta go....i want to impress them so badly... see you later, Jensen. Get them to publish my article about sunspots... 12

13 Just dropping off this article on my way to discover the secrets of ancient Mayan temples. Jensen, this is front-page material!! sunspots are really this dangerous?!! I must print this immediately!! Hey, no prob, Jenny. Anytime you guys need awesome articles, just let me- Uh! Sorry! 13

14 Watch where you re going, you fat weirdo!...as I said, danger lurks everywhere. Those natural disasters I mentioned before? Middle school is in the top ten. Each day is like running the gauntlet. I think of it like a video game. I just have to get through each day... 14

15 ...without getting eaten by the game monsters... MORE WORK! YOU SUCK!...to win the prize at the end of the level...

16 ...where I can just sit, draw, and no one ever bothers me. I just have to make it to the end of the day......okay, guys, settle down! This is English, not a trip to the zoo! I m going to finish taking attendance now. 16

17 ...Penelope Torres? here! I think...she s drawing something. That s her! my friend from art club. Jensen graham? Uh, here! Jorge Ruiz? Here. I ve been on a big spaceship kick lately......i m gonna sketch too. Nasa says they need new ship designs, so I- 17

18 Miss torres. Mr. Graham. We re starting on group presentations today. put those sketches away and pay attention please. Everyone, pick your groups now! No more than three people per group and no fewer than two, for obvious reasons. Group of two? That s me and penelope! I m gonna ask... Hey, Penelope! Wanna be in our group? Yeah, okay! 18