A review by mugsandpugs
The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell by Mira Grant
5.0
I love Mira's work. I'm also a big fan of the horror genre. I'm not easily phased or disturbed. This book didn't especially go into graphic detail regarding the deaths of the children caught in the schoolwide zombie outbreak, but the details we did get- both first and fourth graders with distinct voices and characterization- behaving like kids would in such a situation, coupled with Elaine's frantic attempts to keep the situation together... the kids' absolute trust of their teacher to get them out alive, the way small government regulations all continuously failed these specific children... it was HAUNTING. Beautifully written, but I need to go hug a puppy and sit in the sunshine for a while.
I picked up this and Do Not Taunt the Octopus simply because Monkey/Kitty/Foxy (Elaine) were my favorite characters of the original trilogy, and this did not disappoint. What a story! What an author.