Guinea Pig Apocalypse

By DeAnna Knippling

Galileo always knew his parents were different.  In fact, they’re mad scientists.  He’s gotten kind of used to it.

Until they day that one of their inventions goes completely out of control:  a matter replicator in their basement that is designed to turned sewage into more useful biological materials. The replicator is now stuck on the “guinea pig” setting and things are getting out of control as thousands of guinea pigs erupt from Galileo’s basement and start taking over the neighborhood.

But that’s not the worst of his problems.

He can’t find his parents.

Nobody else can help.

And a group of evil squirrels is looking to steal the replicator and build an evil squirrel army to take over the world!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wonderland Press
• Release date: May 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781501432293

DeAnna Knippling

DeAnna Knippling is a freelance writer, editor, and book designer living in Colorado.  She started out as a farm girl in the middle of South Dakota, went to school in Vermillion, SD, then gravitated through Iowa to Colorado, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She now writes science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and mystery for adults under her own name; adventurous and weird fiction for middle-grade (8-12 year old) kids under the pseudonym De Kenyon; and various thriller and suspense fiction for her ghostwriting clients under various and non-disclosable names. Her latest book, Alice’s Adventures in Underland:  The Queen of Stilled Hearts, combines two of her favorite topics–zombies and Lewis Carroll. Her short fiction has appeared in Black Static, Penumbra, Crossed Genres, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, and more. Her website and blog are at www.WonderlandPress.com.  You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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Guinea Pig Apocalypse

Copyright © 2013 by De Kenyon

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Published by Wonderland Press

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Guinea Pig Apocalypse

Galileo Ramirez had given up on his mad-scientist mom and mad-scientist pop ever coming up from the basement and making supper, so he was eating the second of this two peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches when the Guinea pigs broke down the basement door.

Galileo froze with one bite out of the sandwich as the basement door popped open, slammed against the wall near the fridge, and knocked the whiteboard with everyone’s schedule and notes to each other onto the floor. A pile of Guinea pigs that went up as high as the door handle slid out, wiggling and squeaking and rolling on top of each other in heaps. They got all over the floor and tried to all hide under the table, running away when Galileo kicked his feet back and forth.

The pigs bounced against each other until they found the open door into the living room. Galileo watched them spread over the floor in the living room like a furry carpet.

More and more pigs poured out of the basement, through the kitchen, and into the living room, until the pigs climbed up onto the couch and the coffee table and the entertainment center, onto everything.

Mom? Pop? Galileo yelled.

The smell of Guinea pig poop was everywhere, along with the skitter of thousands and thousands of Guinea pig claws and a sound almost like an electronic beep from thousands and thousands of Guinea pigs squeaking at each other as they pushed each other up the basement stairs and all over the house.

Nobody human answered, and he yelled louder. Mom! Pop!

Then a bunch of the Guinea pigs bonked into the table at the same time, shaking it. Galileo’s stuffed squirrel toy, Taquito, slid toward the edge of the table, and Galileo dropped his sandwich to grab Taquito before he landed in the big moving wave of pigs. The nearby Guinea pigs pounced on his sandwich with squeaks of starving delight. Galileo wasn’t sure what would happen if he dropped Taquito (or if he put his foot, which was only protected by a dirty sock) on the floor, but he didn’t plan to find out.

Galileo drank the rest of his milk, climbed on top of the table, and looked around the kitchen. The pigs were still pouring out of the basement, through the kitchen, and into the living room. Something crashed upstairs. They must be up there, too.

He yelled again, so loud it made his throat hurt. Mom! Pop! Still no answer.

Obviously, something had gone wrong. Very, very wrong.

He took off his socks, stuffed them in his pocket, squished Taquito into his shirt, and jumped from the kitchen table to the counter.

He landed with both feet on the counter, bonked into the cupboard, and started to teeter backwards over the piles and piles of Guinea pigs.

He grabbed the edge of the cupboard door and held on tight, breathing hard for a few seconds. His whole body shook.

As soon as he calmed down a little, he tiptoed along the counter until he reached the tiny window over the sink. He unlocked the window, turned around on his stomach, and slid out into the back yard. Some branches tried to poke into his feet from the bush under the window, but he kicked them out of the way, lowered himself as far as his arms would go—then dropped onto the cool grass.

He couldn’t go down the stairs, but his parents had a little window outside their mad-scientist lab. He walked around the side of the house. The

Reviews for Guinea Pig Apocalypse

[sheila1957 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Funny story of creatures who want to take over the world by using guinea pigs. I laughed out loud as the plan commences with mad scientists who play into the hands of those plotting to take over the world. I loved the names of the characters. Fortunately Galileo Ramirez was around to save us all. At least, I hope he did because there were still a lot of guinea pigs around. Lots of fun to read with your children.

[shelby_kuzma · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I received this book through LibraryThing's Member Giveaway.Guinea Pig Apocalypse begins when an experiment performed by Galileo's mad scientist parents goes very wrong. While everyone is trying to control the ever-increasing guinea pig population, Galileo discovers that it is the squirrels who messed up the experiment in an attempt to take over the world! Galileo must fight the squirrels to save Earth from destruction.I thought this was a really cute book for ages 9-11. It teaches the importance of taking responsibility for your actions and making good choices. I actually enjoyed reading it!It was a very quick read and is definitely worth looking into.