Zombieland - teen fiction for the ravenous hordes

2011-10-13T11:12:00.000+10:00

Zombies, that lovable shuffling and moaning horde that you just can't get away from. If you like your fiction with a little braaaaiins, try these books that contain the traditional flesh hungry, vicious type of zombie for your reading pleasure.

The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore

So, we all know how the zombie script usually goes. World is normal, then some zombie virus breaks out, a small band of survivors battle against extreme odds, and the government saves the main characters before they get munched on. The Walking Dead does not follow this script. It asks the question - just how long can civilisation survive with a growing population of zombies?

This graphic novel series is described as a "story of survival horror". It centers around the character of Rick Grimes, a small-town policeman. When Rick is arresting an escaped convict, he is shot down and rendered comatose. Upon waking in a hospital, he discovers the undead are in the building and all over town. Rick has no idea what happened, where to go, or how to find his wife Lori and son Carl...and when he finds them, will they be among the living or the walking dead?

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The Enemy by Charlie Higson

With a tag line of "They'll chase you, they'll rip you open, they'll eat your flesh", you would expect some fast-paced, hard-core, ultra-violent zombie action. And that is precisely what you get with this book, the first in the series of six novels by Charlie Higson. The book takes place in London after a worldwide sickness has infected adults turning them into something akin to zombies. The surviving children have formed a number of groups throughout London in order to better combat the threat posed by the adults and to increase their odds of survival. But the adults are getting smarter, and the chances for the children surviving are getting smaller...

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Victorian Undead:Sherlock Holmes vs Zombies by Ian Edginton

This graphic novel mixes the polite and proper Victorian Era with some

not-so-polite flesh eating zombies, and some classic Holmes style sleuthing. In 1854, a meteor streaked across London's skies, bringing with it a zombie plague. For twenty years, Her Majesty's Secret Service kept the threat under control. But now that dastardly fiend Moriarty has begun using the zombies in an attempt to overthrow the Victorian Government. Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson must face off against their favorite foe,

MI-5, and of course, zombies at the same time.

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The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death? This book, which is the first in a series, combines sophisticated, powerful writing with a classic supernatural theme, reminiscent of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. A highly recommended read, for upper secondary and adults alike.

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Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black

Are you Team Unicorn or Team Zombie? This collection of short stories on the awesomeness of zombies and unicorns ranges form the touching to the hilarious and, naturally, the downright terrifying. With a host of great YA authors chipping in to contribute to this anthology, it doesn't matter what side you're on, either way you'll have a great time reading this book.

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Z by Michael Thomas Ford

Publishers summary: The First Rule of Torching: Cleanse with fire.

Josh is by far the best zombie Torcher around—at least, he is in his virtual-reality zombie-hunting game. Josh has quickly risen through the player ranks, relying on the skill, cunning, and agility of a real Torcher.

The Second Rule of Torching: Save all humans.

But luckily for Josh, zombies exist only in the virtual world. The real zombie war is now more than fifteen years in the past, and the battle to defeat the deadly epidemic that devastated his family—and millions of others—is the stuff of history lessons.

The Third Rule of Torching: You can’t bring them back.

Charlie is the top-ranked player in the game. Since all the players are shrouded in anonymity, Josh never expects Charlie to be a girl—and he never expects the offer she makes him: to join the underground gaming league that takes the virtual-reality game off the screen and into the streets. Josh is thrilled. But the more involved he gets, the more he realizes that not everything is what it seems. Real blood is spilling, members of the team are disappearing, and the zombies in the game are acting strange. And then there’s the matter of a mysterious drug called Z. . . .

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                                            Sabriel by Garth Nix

Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorson, is missing, and Sabriel must cross into that world to find him. With Mogget, whose feline form hides a powerful, perhaps malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage, Sabriel travels deep into the Old Kingdom. There she confronts an evil that threatens much more than her life and comes face to face with her own hidden destiny. . .

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World war Z: an oral history of the zombie war by Max Brooks

Here are just a few resons why you should read this follow-up to The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.

Taken from the publishers note: World War Z was inspired by The Good War, an oral history of World War II by Studs Terkel; and by the zombie films of director George A. Romero. Brooks uses World War Z to comment on social issues like government ineptitude and American isolationism, while also examining themes of survivalism and uncertainty. Critics have praised the novel for reinventing the zombie genre; the audiobook version, performed by a full cast including Alan Alda, Mark Hamill and John Turturro, won an Audie Award in 2007.

World War Z is a collection of individual accounts in the form of first-person anecdote. Brooks plays the role of an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission who published the report a decade after the Zombie War. The interviews chart a decade-long war against zombies from the view point of many different people of various nationalities. The personal accounts also describe the changing religious, geo-political, and environmental aftermath of the Zombie War. A ground-breaking work within the zombie genre, this book is worth multiple reads to appreciate its multilayered meanings.

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Zombieland - teen fiction for the ravenous hordes