Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows

Dylan O'Connor #3

by Deb Loughead

Dylan is back, and this time he is making a movie, The Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows , with his best friend, Cory, and his girlfriend, Monica. The film is for school credit, and their plan is to film on Halloween. Everything is falling into place until Dylan and Monica encounter a zombie scarecrow that causes Mr. Dalton, a friend of Dylan’s grandmother, to have a heart attack. Dylan and Monica learn that a couple of zombie scarecrows are pranking a local neighborhood. The police shut down Dylan’s project until the pranksters are caught. But Dylan is determined to see his film through to completion, no matter what the cost.

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2015

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun adventure with Dylan, Cory, and Monica. This time the story is about Dylan and Cole's film project, a scarecrow zombie movie, and an unexpected crime that happens to coincide with it. The ending wrapped everything up pretty well and I think the preferred reading age for these books would enjoy reading the book.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows was actually an interesting story. I liked how the MC was working on a film for school and that the book was set around Halloween. The movie was quite creepy in the end (at least, I found the closing line creepy). I liked how there was some trouble in the romance, so you didn't know how things would end up.

[Alexa Frankln]

I really liked this book. It is one of my favorite books I have read this past year. I just got back into reading and I loved the whole plot of this. the characters were funny and relatable. it only took me the first three chapters to understand everything. The author put a lot of work and effort into this book and you can tell just by reading it.

[Fin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The premise for the book is that it is about a boy named Dylan who wants to make a film about zombie scarecrows, when incidents begin to take place that jeopardize Dylan's movie.

I can't really say that I enjoyed this book not my cup of tea, it was definitely geared for a younger crowd, I would say like middle school age perhaps even younger.
Very fast paced, quick and easy read. Good book to read to get you started for the Halloween season.

[C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would probably hold the interest of its intended audience, and I loved the main character's family. Good Halloween choice for struggling readers.