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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 22, 2011
On First Night, the dead walked and began to eat the living. That was 14 years ago, and now Benny Imura has a choice to make. At 15, every member of the safely fenced community of Mountainside must find a job or have his or her rations cut in half. Finding himself without any useful skills in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onApril 22, 2011 | Booksmack!
On First Night, the dead walked and began to eat the living. That was 14 years ago, and now Benny Imura has a choice to make. At 15, every member of the safely fenced community of Mountainside must find a job or have his or her rations cut in half. Finding himself without any useful skills in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2010
Gr 8 Up—At first glance, this appears to be a retelling of Carrie Ryan's The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Delacorte, 2009) but with a male protagonist. But Maberry's vision of a zombie-infested future has more action, more violence, and more emotional depth. Benny Imura was a baby when the zombie apocalypse happened. His first memory is of his mother handing him to his older half brother as she is being dragged down by his zombie-fied father. He resents Tom for leaving his mother, for running away. To Benny, Tom is a coward. To everyone else ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
In the post-zombie apocalypse, teenagers must take up an occupation at age fifteen in order to continue to receive fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
