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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
Back in my younger days, I would have loved a book like this that had a "spy" theme to it. The author makes the reader feel as if kids can really experience some cool things. As an adult, it would have been nice to see the kids in the story making some "smarter" choices in terms of their overall safety.
This novel was way below my reading level, but kind of fun regardless. I think it was a really unique plot, with exciting ideas and clever characters. It was really cute, and I'm sure that middle-aged kids would love it. It has just enough edge of gross that I think it is typically for boys, but it was cute nonetheless.
Zombies are like MSG for entertainment; regardless of the medium, adding zombies just makes things better... If Lubar's story was about a normal 5th grade boy being recruited into a secret spy organization, it would have worked just fine. Adding the zombie element threw things over the top, in a good way. My six-year old loved every minute, and no wonder; zombies never go to sleep and never have to eat food, which is basically my boy's idea of heaven. A fun jaunt for parents with young readers, or for older kids to enjoy on their own.
It's like The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets zombies meets grass growing.
Too slow a pace for me as a 24 year old, it would have been torture as a 14 year old and impossible for my prepubescent days. What was the biggest let down is that the lead is a zombie when the book begins and the back story is "My friend's uncle messed up a spell and got powder on me and now Im a zombie, anyway......." If your zombie isn't going to eat brains then he at least needs an exciting transformation.
Too slow a pace for me as a 24 year old, it would have been torture as a 14 year old and impossible for my prepubescent days. What was the biggest let down is that the lead is a zombie when the book begins and the back story is "My friend's uncle messed up a spell and got powder on me and now Im a zombie, anyway......." If your zombie isn't going to eat brains then he at least needs an exciting transformation.
Back in my younger days, I would have loved a book like this that had a "spy" theme to it. The author makes the reader feel as if kids can really experience some cool things. As an adult, it would have been nice to see the kids in the story making some "smarter" choices in terms of their overall safety.