The Dead
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Chapter Book · Ages 12–+ · 2010 · Est. 12.5 hour read

The Dead

By Charlie Higson

Book #2 in the The Enemy series

Kids fight for survival in a world where adults are deadly zombies.

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450 pages· 111,638 words· Est. 12.5 hour read
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In a world where a virus turns adults into zombies, teens Jack and Ed must navigate a ravaged London. With a group of misfits and an immune adult, they face relentless threats. As friendships are tested and danger looms, survival is uncertain. Can they trust each other, or will the city consume them all?

From the publisher

The Dead is the second book in Charlie Higson’s jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep themselves alive. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren’t the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids - nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult, Greg, a butcher, who claims he’s immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But when fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won’t all survive… ‘Lord of the Flies with zombies…tons of nail-biting action’ Rick Riordan, creator of Percy Jackson ‘Higson has got the balance of blood and gore just right’ Daily Mirror Charlie Higson is the author of the bestselling Young Bond series of novels for young readers, including Silverfin and Double or Die, and the spine tingling, teen zombie-horror series The Enemy. Can’t wait for the next instalment? This edition contains the first chapter of the thrilling third book in the series The Fear. Check out www.the-enemy.co.uk for more blood, more zombies and more terror.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
450
Words
111,638
Reading age
12–99+
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
~701L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.5
F&P level
~Q
AR points
16
AR interest level
UG
AR quiz
146231
Publication
Published
April 1, 2014
First published
September 1, 2010
Publisher
Puffin
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780141325033

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