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Synopsis
Forget about the Y2K problem! Zack's up to his ears in dragons and wizards when a computer glitch sends him hurtling back in time to the year 999--and a peculiar boys' school known as Dragon Slayers' Academy!
Children's Literature
Number 18 in the "Zack Files" series, this story features Zack's slip back into history to help three students in the Dragon Slayers' academy save the people from Count Upsohigh's gold-appropriating chicanery. The same story from the student's point of view is told in K. H. McMullan's Countdown to the Year 1000 (Grosset & Dunlap, 1999). The story hinges on Zack's being able to convince the students that he is from the future and the world will not end at 999 (because he has a 1998 World Series T-shirt to prove it). Zack sets things right, is transported back home but to the Jurassic era where he is saved from a t-rex by Edith, a dragon he met in 999. Funny and quick read.