Zombie Train

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The Zombie Chasers meets The Goonies in David Macinnis Gills middle grade debut about a group of tweens who ride out the zombie apocalypse on a cobbled-together train. Fans of Ty Dragos The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses and Max Bralliers The Last Kids on Earth will lose themselves in this page-turning, spine-chilling, and sometimes hilarious survival story.

Wyatt has been riding out the zombie apocalypse on his crews cobbled-together train for what feels like forever. Its a hopeless journey, the train running a loop that covers thousands of miles across the western U.S. But when a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a so-called Nirvana and a potential cure for the zombie parasite, Wyatt must decide between searching for the cure and protecting those entrusted in his care.

David Macinnis Gills Zombie Train is a compelling survival story full of action, suspense, and plenty of zombies. Filled with both harrowing and humorous moments, Zombie Train follows an eccentric cast of characters as they contend with a changing world and shifting loyalties and friendships, and as they fight to remain in controlof their lives and of the future.

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"Appropriately disgusting descriptions and puns establish the dark humor that pervades the work, and natural-sounding tween dialogue and a fully developed dystopian world are strengths." -- Kirkus Reviews

"The tale has a surreal quality, but along with vividly drawn characters (some in advanced stages of decomposition) Gill offers zombie fans no few scary, macabre encounters. . . . A wild ride." -- Booklist

"Readers will be swept along at a rapid pace through terrifying close calls, gallows humor, and apocalypse-defying moments of true community. Zombie books for a younger crowd are scarce, particularly ones with stakes as high as these and with an overall serious tone, and this. . . is sure to attract attention." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Author Bio

David Macinnis Gill lives with his family in Wilmington, North Carolina. He is the author of Black Hole Sun, Invisible Sun, and Shadow on the Sun, as well as Soul Enchilada.