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serenaac's review against another edition
4.0
The Zombie Chasers by John Kloepfer, illustrated by Steve Wolfhard is a graphic novel of sorts for kids age 8-12. Zombies are flooding the quiet Arizona neighborhood while parents are at the school with teachers and Zack is being duct-taped to a chair by his big sister, Zoe, and her girlfriends, Madison, and Ryan. Locked in his room, Zack scrambles for a way out and water to wash off the clown makeup his sister put on his face. As he sneaks out into the kitchen to get the last piece of his his birthday cake, he spies his crush, Madison, forking bites of the cake into her own mouth. As they argue about the cake, the zombies make their way into the house, forcing the two unlikely companions up into Zack’s room where they formulate an escape.
The illustrations are black and white and accompanying the events in the text as Zack, Madison, and Zack’s best friend, Rice, hack their way through town. Rice thinks of himself as a zombie expert, and like typical kids, there’s arguing about who’s an ugly faced dork, and who’s a snotty brat. There are funny moments, gross moments, and scary moments as the kids try to escape the zombies and find a solution.
Read the full review: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2013/02/the-zombie-chasers-by-john-kloepfer-illustrated-by-steve-wolfhard.html
The illustrations are black and white and accompanying the events in the text as Zack, Madison, and Zack’s best friend, Rice, hack their way through town. Rice thinks of himself as a zombie expert, and like typical kids, there’s arguing about who’s an ugly faced dork, and who’s a snotty brat. There are funny moments, gross moments, and scary moments as the kids try to escape the zombies and find a solution.
Read the full review: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2013/02/the-zombie-chasers-by-john-kloepfer-illustrated-by-steve-wolfhard.html
teachingtarheel's review against another edition
3.0
Since I will be an elementary school teacher again in the fall, I am working my way back into books that would appeal to this age range of kids. This is definitely not my favorite, but I can see that it would be very popular with my kids.
heypretty52's review against another edition
3.0
*3.5 Stars*
Young readers who like zombies and comedy will love these books.
Young readers who like zombies and comedy will love these books.
beecheralyson's review against another edition
3.0
I understand gross humor has an audience. Usually 9 & 10 year old boys. I keep that in mind when I read books like this. I understand that I am not the audience. However, what I do struggle with is that most 2nd to 4th graders do not necessarily read "series" books in order. They pick up a book out of sequence at the library and then they go back and look for another. And this is a series book that needs to be read in order. The "cliff-hanger ending" isn't so much a cliff-hanger ending but just the chapter preceding the first chapter in the next book. Unfortunately that means I likely won't place it in the library or book talk this one. Tweaking that last chapter so that you know more is to come but wrapping up the book would have made all the difference for me.:-(
ifersinklings's review
3.0
This was a cute story and first book in a series. I can see how a middle grader would enjoy this story and probably would enjoy continuing on with the series. The problem that I had with it was how heavily it seemed to push the agenda of vegetarian/vegan and supplements. I don't know if it was intentional, but by the end of this short book, I felt like I was listening to an add for Ginkgo Biloba.
alexeveleth's review
3.0
Not a bad read, but it ended badly. It didn't really have a good solid end.
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