Publish Date: May 6, 2008
ISBN: 142310921X
Page #: 400 pages
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Racism
Age Level: Older Teen
Series Titles:
Generation Dead (Book 1)
Kiss of Life (Book 2) (Release Date of Sequel: May 12, 2009)
Subjects: Living Impaired, Zombies, Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Reader's Annotation: Nobody is sure why dead teens are coming back, but scientists guess it may have something to do with a cross between raging teen hormones and too much preservatives from fast food. One thing is for sure, nothing will be the same for the living impaired Tommy, still living Pheobe, and the high school football team: ever heard of dead weight?
Synopsis: In a literary world taken over by Twilight* and the undead, maybe it's time for a love interest who has one dead, dragging leg behind him instead of superhuman speed & strength. Perhaps the living impaired Tommy can become your anti-Edward. Pheobe, Generation Dead's main goth girl (who practices the irony of dressing up dead amongst dead people) has her eyes set on the wrong guy: Tommy. Tommy is a zombie. Excuse me, the politically correct term would be living impaired. I apologize for my insensitivity to the undead community. I did not mean any harm. At any rate, Pheobe has never been part of the "in" crowd, but Tommy's crowd is outside even the outside crowds. In fact, Oakvale High is aghast with disgust over Pheobe falling for the dead kid that heads the crowd that no one wants to talks to. The living impaired are ignored in every way possible in this school. Zombies are treated more like segregation in the south then kids who just don't fit in. But, Pheobe crosses the line that the other kids won't dare cross; And what happens when her living best-friend gets left in the dust? I couldn't help falling for her and her infatuation with the zombie Tommy. This is not a book to be missed. Generation dead is funny, witty, romatic, and resplite with gooey dead people! Just don't call 'em Zombies!
*By the way, I enjoyed Twilight, but sometimes too much of a good thing can be a bit zombifying.
Notes: A great book to read for the zombie fan but also a fresh take on segregation.
Stars: 5
Extras: Author Blog http://danielwaters.com/
Tommy's Undead Experiences Blog http://mysocalledundeath.blogspot.com/
Zombie rights march on Boing Boing http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/27/zombie-rights-march-.html
Brown v. Board of Education on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
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