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Elska
Ages 7–11 · 2009
Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2014 · Est. 4.5 hour read
Dawn of the Dead
Part of the Rotten Apple series
A girl faces her zombie heritage and a threat to her secret town.
4.0/5 Goodreads · 160 ratings
181 pages· 31,963 words· Est. 4.5 hour read
Bookroo's summary
Dawn dreads her thirteenth birthday, the day she might inherit her family's zombie curse. Relocated to the hidden town of Vespertine, she struggles to fit in with the undead. As her birthday looms, a prank threatens to reveal the town's secrets. Can Dawn protect Vespertine's drooling residents and accept her own fate?
From the publisher
Dawn has a secret, one she can’t bear to tell a soul: She comes from a family of zombies! And while she won’t know if she’s gotten the family curse until her thirteenth birthday, she’s forced to move with her parents to a hidden zombie town called Vespertine so she can fit in with her own kind. Fit in with zombies? Over her dead body!
But as her dreaded birthday approaches, Dawn learns that someone’s planning a prank that could expose the town’s secrets. Can she protect Vespertine’s green, drooling zombies -and accept becoming one herself?
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 181
- Words
- 31,963
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- 630L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.5
- F&P level
- ~O
- AR points
- 5
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 169498
Publication
- Published
- January 1, 2014
- First published
- September 1, 2014
- Publisher
- Scholastic
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780545588409
- LCCN
- 2012287893
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