MEET THE MEANER BEANER - the kid who lives at 11 Brick Street - the one with the soup-bowl haircut, flinty eyes, and garter-snake smile. This kid wears spooky t-shirts that make kindergarten kids wish they were home.

MEET RAT ZAKARY - the Meaner's one true friend, his furry little buddy, his partner in crime. Zakary has coal-back fur, red eyes, sharp teeth, and a tail as long as a shoe string.

THE MEANER BEANER AND RAT ZAKARY are like no one else in Tin City, Ohio. They are like no one else on the planet, Earth! As every Brickstreeter knows, the boy and his pet rat are wily and sneaky and mean. They are the 'terrible two' of Tin City!

IN THEIR DARK BASEMENT the Meaner and Zakary have a 'Secret Box of No-Good Dirty Rotten Tricks' - and inside are their treasures. Things that will help them 'caper' of those "goodie-goodies" on Brick Street. - spoil their parties, ruin their holidays, and foil their fun.

READ ABOUT THE WILD 'CAPERS' OF THE MEANER BEANER AND RAT ZAKARY. About their dirty caper to ruin Valentine's Day at Brick Street School, about their wild 'joy ride' in Jimmi Ho's new Hummer H2, and their frightening trick at Frannie O'Neill's 'Super Sleepover.' Read all about their Halloween caper - and the surprising visit from the Headless Horseman of Tin City. And join the fun in their grand caper to steal Christmas on Brick Street. The 'terrible two' have a 'dirty, rotten caper' for every occasion!

'MEANER BEANER AND RAT ZAKARY' is a chapter book that is full of fun and spookiness and misadventure. VERY WILD, VERY CRAZY, AND VERY FUNNY!