A Zombie Ate My Homework (Project Z #1)
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Publisher Description
Arnold Z. Ombee has escaped a secret government zombie project -- but now can he survive human elementary school?From the hilarious mind behind the Crimebiters series comes a new trilogy that fans of The Last Kids on Earth will love to pieces (literally). Arnold Z. Ombee has escaped a secret government lab that's developing zombies. Young, scared, and alone, he is found by the Kinders, a warmhearted couple who take him in. The Kinders decide Arnold will become part of their family. They help him disguise his undead appearance and teach him how to act like a human boy. After a lot of practice, he's ready for the ultimate test: Fifth grade!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This spry series launch introduces Norbus Clacknozzle, a product of the U.S. government's Project Z, founded to create zombies and release them to terrify residents, thereby uniting a divided nation against a common adversary. But before the program is rolled out, a confused juvenile zombie escapes from the government experiment facility and is taken in by a kind couple who disguise his identity (his new name, "Arnold Z. Ombee," hints at his provenance; contact lenses cover the red stripes across his eyes) and enroll him in school. Greenwald (the Crimebiters series) weaves a relatable and unexpectedly credible story as Arnold with his small frame, aversion to sunlight, formal vocabulary, and diet limited to jelly beans endures the ridicule of his fellow fifth graders. As Arnold adjusts to human life and makes his first-ever friends, his angst is increasingly tempered by humor: invited to a slumber party, he thinks, "I couldn't possibly go to a sleepover. I don't sleep, remember?" After tightening the tension with clues that Arnold's cover will be blown (the government issues a classified notice of a possible escapee sighting), Greenwald neatly wraps up this amusing story about identity, tolerance, family, and friendship. Ages 8 12. Correction: A previous version of this review misstated the name of the author's earlier series.
