Dawn of the Dead

Rotten Apple #4

by Catherine Hapka

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?

Genres: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Mystery

181 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2014

About the author

Catherine (Cathy) Hapka has written more than one hundred books for children and adults, as a ghostwriter for series as well as original titles, including the Romantic Comedies Something Borrowed, The Twelve Date of Christmas, and Love on Cue. She lives in Pennsylvania.

Reviews

[Vivian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this one a lot because it was funny. Just enough scary but not too much. Would read it again. Really like this series.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a grown woman, I just love these books. They are wholesome, while showing some realistic emotions of young girls in unrealistic situations.

[Kelly Aissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Are used to be terrified of zombies but after I read this book and made them seem not so bad I really like this book it's a classical someone's moving away to a bad town and learn to love it but the twist is that the girl is coming to a town full of zombies and that's pretty cool!!! I really like it you should totally read it if you like the same genre as I do I'll guarantee that you would like this book

[Teaghan Asher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great! Ever since i bought this book and the other book i became obsessed with it. I enjoyed this book because it surprised me. You never know what's really coming when you read her books. I enjoyed this book and was one of my favorites!

[Hannah Lei · Rating 2 out of 5]

For me, it's not really good. It's quite boring and it doesn't have a good plot. It's just really for kids.

[Ayva · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's n9t letting me go on the book to read it so I dksbnsbsbbshshduudydhshhshshshhshajjsisososjgsgs

[Vanessa]

Dawn is moving to a new town called Vespertine because she is a zombie and on her 13th birthday she has a 75% chance of becoming a zombie

[Katelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good book, read it in 2 days :)

[Sophia Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this book!! It was such a good book I 100% recommend reading it.

[Bryckelle Webber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dawn has a family of zombies and on her thirteenth birthday she might turn too. So she moves to this zombie town. when she moves she meets two twins and there percentages of turning is 2%. Dawns is much higher. So in the zombie town the twins are like the rich kids of the place. So they are super snotty and brag a lot about there percentages.

The cause is her moving to the town. The effect is she has a hard time adjusting and misses her friends.
The cause is her having a high percentage. The effect is her worring if she is going to turn.
The cause is her relashon to zombies. The effect is she might turn.

[June James · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good. Dawn turns into a zombie!
Mind blown!!!

[Cari Allen · Rating 2 out of 5]

My 7 year old says she gives this 2 stars because the ending was not to her satisfaction. She really wanted Dawn to turn into a zombie.

[Raina]

DNF

[Elizabeth]

this is a very intersting book it all about repecting your family even if they have flaws.

[Aliya Hassan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book because it filled me with suspense. Dawn's birthday is coming up but she might turn into a zombie.I reccomend this book.