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Wereduck
Wereduck
Series · 3 books · 2014-2019
By
Dave Atkinson
Books in series
#1
Wereduck
2014
Nominated for the 2015 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award! Kate’s family has told her that on her thirteenth birthday she’ll hear the “Whooooo” call of the moon, howl back, and become a werewolf just like them. But she doesn’t want to be a werewolf. She’s always felt more like a duck. On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Kate stands near her family’s cabin in the backwoods of New Brunswick and hears the moon calling—but it sounds like more of a “Whooooo?” as in “Who are you?” and Kate does what she’s always wanted to do—she quacks. Her family struggles to understand Kate’s new full-moon form, but they are busy integrating themselves with some edgy new werewolves who arrived in town with a mysterious past. And to make matters even hairier, there's a strange reporter lurking around who thinks he might've heard a howl or two. Engaging, hilarious, and utterly believable, Wereduck is a thrilling addition to the were-canon by an exciting new voice in children's fiction.
#2
Cure for Wereduck
2016
Nominated for the 2017 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award!
Kate is an odd duck—literally. When the full moon rises, the rest of her family transforms into werewolves, but Kate becomes a were
duck
. But when a family friend sells them out to the world's sleaziest tabloid journalist, Kate and her family are forced to leave their cozy cabin in the backwoods of New Brunswick and flee to boring Ontario farm country. When Kate discovers a tattered recipe card in her great-great-grandmother's handwriting she can hardly believe what it says: "A Cure for Werewolf." Could this ancient potion help her resist the call of the moon one day? Could she and her family finally be free of the constant threat of exposure? The recipe is put to the ultimate test when Kate's werewolf friend, John, plots a hare-brained journey to find a long-lost loved one...on the night of the full moon! With the sleazy reporter hot on their heels, Kate and John have to stay one step ahead. Will the cure keep them safe?
Student praise for
Wereduck
:
"I rate
Wereduck
10/10 and will be one of the first to buy the next books. - John" "I really enjoyed reading your book! You are an amazing author and I hope that I will become one too. - Bonnie" "I'm writing to thank you for coming all this way to our school and telling us about
Wereduck
. I loved it. I read it all. It's AMAZING! Good luck in your new book. I hope it's as good as
Wereduck
. I wasn't into reading too much but when I read your book I loved it so now I'm reading more! - Diego"
#3
The Wereduck Code
2019
It’s not easy being a fourteen-year-old wereduck in a family of werewolves. In The Wereduck Code, we catch up with Kate after discovering that an ancient cure for her family’s curse—one she had hoped would mean her family could finally come out of hiding—turned out to be more complicated than that. The third installment of the critically acclaimed Wereduck series finds Kate sending away for a DNA test, thinking it will provide answers. The test’s results are shocking: there appears to be a toggle in human genetic code that is switched on in werewolves. And if that toggle can be switched off, like it was for her best friend John, does that mean it can be switched on? Will the scientist who discovered it use this information for good or evil? And where is Dirk Bragg? The tabloid journalist-turned-country-music-star—who’s come close to exposing Kate’s family more than once—is suddenly missing. And as John soon discovers, there’s an anonymous group of hackers called D-Net hot on Dirk’s trail, convinced he can reveal the truth about werewolves once and for all. With freedom and friendship on the line, the thrilling conclusion of the Wereduck series will leave readers on the edge of their seats!
Author
Dave Atkinson
Author · 3 books