title: Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge
author:  David Lubar 
description: Gr 9 Up-Many of these stories were previous published in other collections, and are brought together here for the first time. The teen characters face ghosts, monsters, haunted houses, and murder. Some selections have a realistic premise. In "Apparent Motives," a boy creates a plan to kill his father and make it look as though the man ran away, but the trail leads the police straight to his mother. Other stories have more occult appeal. In "Blood Magic," two boys find themselves in the middle of a robbery and are taken hostage. Eddie's plan to escape is to use monsters he creates with his own blood to kill their captors. All he has to do is start bleeding enough to create them. The content gets pretty graphic so this book is best suited for an older audience. Most of these tales are short enough to memorize and tell around a campfire. A solid choice for collections in need of more horror stories.-Erik Carlson, White Plains Public Library, NY(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
zlib_text: **Pulling up Stakes**
  
  and Other Piercing Stories  
  
  by
  
  David Lubar
  
  **Pulling up Stakes**  
  and Other Piercing Stories  
  eBook edition  
  Collection copyright 2012 by David Lubar  
  Cover design by digitaldonna.com  
    
  "Shockers" copyright 2005, David Lubar, first appeared in _Every Man for
  Himself._ "War Is Swell" copyright 2002, David Lubar, first appeared in
  _Shattered._ "The Heroic Quest of Douglas McGawain" copyright 2004, David
  Lubar, first appeared in _Don't Cramp My Style._ "Bread on the Water"
  copyright 2003, David Lubar, first appeared in _Destination Unexpected._
  "Orway Otnay otay eBay?" copyright 2009, David Lubar, first appeared in _This
  Family Is Driving Me Crazy._ "Duel Identities" copyright 2000, David Lubar,
  first appeared in _Lost & Found. _ "Pulling up Stakes" copyright 2004, David
  Lubar, first appeared in _First Crossing._ "Here's to Good Friends" copyright
  2008, David Lubar, first appeared in _Owning It._ "Claws and Effect" copyright
  2006, David Lubar, first appea