The Undertakers: The Rise of the Corpses

THE UNDERTAKERS
The Rise of the Corpses
Author: Ty Drago
Source: Publisher
*I received this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review*

Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (April 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402247850
ISBN-13: 978-1402247859

SUMMARY:

On a sunny Wednesday morning in October, a day that would mark the end of one life and the beginning of another, I found out my grouchy next door neighbor was the walking dead. When you turn around expecting to see something familiar, and instead see something else altogether, it takes a little while for your brain to catch up with your eyes. I call it the ‘Holy Crap Factor.’A” Forced to flee his home and family, twelve-year-old Will Ritter falls in with the Undertakers–a rag-tag army of teenage resistance fighters, who’ve banded together to battle the corpses.

MY THOUGHTS:

When you first get a glimpse of this book, you can tell by the cover that it is geared for the younger male teens.  When you read the summary, you still think it is for the younger male teens.  Even with that in my head, I still decided to read this book and give it a fair shot at review.  I may not be a young teen, or from the male genre, but there is something about zombie books that draw me into the plot.


Will joins a special team of people called The Undertakers after seeing his neighbor, principle and some of his teachers turned into zombies.  Not everyone can see the zombies, but Will happens to be one of the special ones that can.  The Undertakers are kids, yet they must leave everything behind to fight the zombies. 


I found this book to be adventurous and fun to read.  As an adult, there were some things that didn’t jive for me in it. If you have a younger male teen who has been reluctant to read,  I think this would be a great book to start off with though.  As an adult reader,  I had to keep trying to remember that it is a book geared for younger teens and some adults might not like the writing because of that.   While I was able to adjust to it and somewhat enjoy it,  if you have a problem with reading books like that, then you might want to consider borrowing the book instead of purchasing it.


Again, I think the author did a wonderful job though in creating a world for younger boys to dive into.  A fun read to spark the interest of reluctant readers and hopefully give them the push they need to start reading!


MY RATING: