Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Publish Dates: May 2008
ISBN: 142310921X
Page #: 400pp
Reading Level: Young Adult
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Paranormal/Coming of Age
Series: The Generation Dead Series
Generation Dead (2008)
Generation Dead: Kiss of Life (2009)
Subjects: Football, Living-Impaired, Prejudice, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Zombies
Annotation:
When Phoebe becomes interested in Tommy Williams, a dead football player, she joins an undead studies class to get to know him and drags her living friends along.
Summary:
Goth chick Phoebe and her friends attend school with zombies, as her school is considered “zombie friendly.” Phoebe takes an interest in Tommy Williams, a zombie, and befriends him. She encourages her living friends to join her in a special project concerning the "living impaired" kids. But not everyone is on the zombie train, and being dead or dead adjacent is getting dangerous.
Megan says:I was recommended this book by a dear friend (Courtney) and right away I knew this was going to become one of my favorites. Daniel Waters manged to tell an age-old story about prejudices while incorporating zombies. With a vast array of vampire and werewolf novels to pick from, it was refreshing to read a book about a different "living-impaired" subject. I highly recommend this to teens who are wanting to branch out of the vampire genre, yet want to stay within the realms of paranormal.
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