Generation Dead - Softcover

Waters, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997294205 ISBN 13: 9780997294200

Publisher: OMZ Press, 2016

Synopsis

Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush. He's strong and silent…and dead. All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to blend into a society that doesn't want them. The administration at Oakvale High attempts to be more welcoming of the "differently biotic." But the students don't want to take classes or eat in the cafeteria next to someone who isn't breathing. And there are no laws that exist to protect the "living impaired" from the people who want them to disappear—for good.

About this title

About the Author

Daniel Waters is an exciting new talent in children's fiction. He lives in New York.

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up—Phoebe and her fellow Oakvale High students aren't quite sure why dead teenagers started coming back to life and attending their school. The eerie phenomenon is attributed to a combination of "teenage hormones and fast food preservatives," happening only in the United States. Though Oakvale has a reputation for being most supportive of these "living impaired" teens, most of the students aren't happy about the thought of having to eat, study, and socialize in an environment permeated with the deceased. Unlike most of her fellow students, Goth-girl Phoebe finds herself harboring a crush on Tommy, one of the dead teens. A love triangle soon develops when her friend Adam, who is supportive of Tommy and the zombies, realizes that he is also in love with her. A threat by another student to destroy the dead teens ultimately forces Adam to choose between old alliances and protecting the living dead teens he has come to admire. In this debut novel, Waters shows an impressive understanding of the factors affecting teens as they navigate the high school environment. Using humor to lighten a world that is mixed with both violence and horror, he is able to capture readers' attention and sympathy for a group of very complex characters.—Caryl Soriano, New York Public Library
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Edition details

• Publisher: OMZ Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997294205
• ISBN 13: 9780997294200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336