- Zombies, Horror stories, Survival, Horror tales
The sickness struck everyone sixteen and over. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters, and best friends. No one escaped its touch. And now children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups who are hungry, bloodthirsty, and not giving up.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Higson
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 486
- Publisher
- Puffin Books, Puffin, Hyperion Books for Children
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780545638074
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