Molly is not an ordinary junior high school student, in as much as she spends a lot of her free time in the morgue at the medical examiners office (where her mom worked, before she died of cancer). Cadavers have no ick factor for her anymore. Zombies, on the other hand, take a bit of getting used, as Molly discovers when she is invited to join three older kids who are operatives in the secret organization known as Omega. Omega not only keeps ordinary people safe from the depraved killer zombies, but helps out the more human otherly living folk.
Molly's life in Omega, though, turns out not to follow the proscribed routines and procedures. Turns out there's an undead plot to take over the city....and Molly and her friends find the clues that send them on an intercept course with the evil zombie mastermind behind it.
I utterly enjoyed hanging out with Molly and her smart, science-appreciative companions, perhaps in part because I enjoy books in which kids get training in esoteric pursuits (ballet, ice-skating, zombie-hunting, etc.). There's nice nuance here too--it's not a question of zombies being universally bad, or smart kids vs. attractive kids. And any fan of New York city will get huge kick out of the zombiefied version of its geography!
I shall now hunt down the sequel, Blue Moon, because there is a Shocking Twist at the end of this one, and I am very anxious to find out what happens next!
disclaimer: review copy received from the publisher
Got to admit this sounds really interesting. Gonna add it to the TBR pile, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis does sound good. I will have to add it to the list. :)
ReplyDeleteThere's not a lot of more serious zombie books for MG, usually more humorous ones. I didn't realize the sequel was out already. Will have to track it down because I enjoyed this one too.
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