And the book turns into a fairly scary account of ... flesh-eating rash that is caused by the rapidly spreading fuzzy mud, and mankind is saved. But not until a bearded, homeless hermit who ...

His new book for young readers, Fuzzy Mud, centers on Tamaya Dhilwaddi, a good, quiet kid just trying to navigate the mysteries of middle school. "Up until fifth grade, she and her friends all ...

Rather than suffer a beating, he and Tamaya take a shortcut through the off-limits woods and come across what Tamaya dubs “fuzzy mud,” a strange substance they don’t realize harbors great ...