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Zharie Young, 16, resides in Kansas City with her auntie E and possesses the gift of seeing the
dead. Bo has an unmistakable charisma, is tall, and always has a skateboard in hand. He also
has freckles that look like stars. Since her mother's passing, Zharie has been the only one to
experience zombie sightings. Zharie and Bo travel a perplexing emotional route that
eventually brings them to the solutions they were seeking. She makes friends with Bo and his
buddies and meets new people that are emotionally different from her. She also asks for
The book The Undead Truth of Us by Britany S. Lewis is a story of a young girl named Zharie.
Zharie’s mother had just turned into a zombie, and had passed away shortly after. We get to see
Zharie’s growth as she finds love, and discovers new things about her mother and her love
interest as well. I would give this book a 3 out of 5 rating. I really enjoyed the detail Lewis put
into the making of Zharie, and her life. She is an extremely unique and interesting character.
World War Z tells a story of the zombie war, a massive outbreak across the globe that turned humans into mindless, deadly creatures. The main character is tasked with creating a report about the entirety of the war. He does so, but finds that almost half of his work has been removed from the final draft, on the grounds of being too “intimate” and “emotional.” This book is a collection of what was removed from that report, published in the hopes that the horror and fear of this event should never happen again.
Earlier this week, readers everywhere were saddened to hear about the death of author William Sleator.
The Harvard graduate, and classical pianist, was well known for writing macabre and scary stories for kids and teens. His book House of Stairs was widely read and critically acclaimed book about a group of teens who are trapped in a house containing nothing but endless flights of stairs. Sleator described his books as "gleefully icky", and that they were, creepy and gross and fantastic!
There really isn't anything better than a good zombie story. I can't tell you how many times I have lost myself in the story of the undead plague. I think of this as research for the future. It preparation for the inevitable. I have my escape all planned out (and no I won't tell you my plans!), have you throught about packing your outbreak bag and figuring out where you will go? Maybe you should read some of these books and figure it out!
The romantic classic with ultra violent zombie mayhem! Think, jaded boyfriend forced to read sappy, period love story by (now ex) girlfriend and wants to get back all all women for upholding unrealistic ideas romance, inspired by the original Pride and Prejudice.
Pride and Prejudice = Awesome. Zombies = Awesome. Pride and Prejudice + Zombies = Really Awesome.
Have you planned your escape route in case of a zombie attack? I know I have. But there is no need to run from the zombies of Daniel Waters' new book Generation Dead. This is the sweet, heart-warming story of a goth chick, Phoebe and her zombie boyfriend. OK, maybe it isn't all that sweet. The world changed two years ago when teens stopped dying. Well, more accurately, they wouldn't stay dead. A few hours after a teenager dies the are reanimated.
