March's SJBC theme is "Why Is It Always Zombies?" and our meeting will focus on how zombie fiction reflects our society's obsession with capitalism, consumer culture, and the Internet. On Tuesday, March 10th, interested teens should join us at 3:30 pm at our Central branch. Here is a list of suggested titles to get you thinking...
Teen Fiction: Enclave by Ann Aguire
In a post-apocalyptic future, fifteen-year-old Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding the Freaks outside her enclave, but when she is partnered with the mysterious outsider, Fade, she begins to see that the strict ways of the elders may be wrong — and dangerous.
Teen Fiction: Zombies vs Unicorns by Holly Black et al.
Twelve short stories by a variety of authors seek to answer the question of whether zombies are better than unicorns.
Teen Fiction: Soulless by Christopher Golden
The attempt of three powerful mediums to open up communication between the living and the dead has disastrous consequences when every corpse within a three-hundred-mile radius of New York City is animated and begins to prey on the living.
Teen Fiction: The Enemy by Charlie Higson
When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician — every adult fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive.
Teen Fiction: Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura is finally convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter.
Teen Fiction: The End Games by T. Michael Martin
In the rural mountains of West Virginia, armed with only a rifle, 17-year-old Michael and his 5-year-old brother Patrick battle monsters in the Game. They follow instructions from the mysterious Game Master, and spend their days searching for survivors, their nights fighting endless hordes of “Bellows” - creatures that roam the dark, roaring for flesh. And at this Game, Michael and Patrick are very good.
Teen Fiction: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
Teen Fiction: This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
It's the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won't stop pounding on the doors. To Sloane Price, death doesn't sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she's failed to find a reason to keep going. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group's fate is determined less and less by what's happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life — and death — inside.
Graphic Novel: The Walking Dead Book One by Robert Kirkman
The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled. No government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living.
Adult Fiction: World War Z by Max Brooks
An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival.
Adult Fiction: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
Not every gift is a blessing. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh. Melanie is a very special girl.
Adult Fiction: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. And then he meets a girl. First as his captive, then his reluctant guest, Julie is a blast of living colour in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom.
