My Zombie Dog -- MG Horror
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Zane had the worst birthday ever. He spent it arguing with his Mum and burying a dead dog. Things just get worse. The next day Zane wakes to find the dog in his room, covered in dirt and… wagging its tail.
This is not Zane’s idea of the perfect dog. It’s shaggy, smells undead and bites people. And why do its victims all turn sluggish and keep asking for brains?
Can Zane find the solution to save his neighbourhood from a zombie plague?
This is a cool zombie story for children and young teens. It's funny, a little creepy without ever getting too scary, and the tone is perfect for its target market. Zane is a likeable narrator, and poor little Fossil is endearing, even as she decomposes. Charmaine Clancy writes well and is definitely a natural born storyteller. (And how perfect is that cover?)
-Paula Weston, author of Shadows (taken from Goodreads)
Bonus Question: What inspired you to make your initial zombie an animal instead of a person?
Charmaine: The zombie creature in My Zombie Dog was inspired by... my zombie dog. No really. We had this little dog that would go totally whacko without warning and lunge and attack everything. This dog got into so many fights with much bigger dogs and during the attacks it would flop down and act dead. I thought it was many times. Then it would 'rise' again a few minutes later. This is the real 'Fossil,' who now lives with my mother where she is rewarded for keeping terrorists away from the front door. We still have our other two dogs, and they still suffer nightmares about the zombie dog.
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About Charmaine Clancy: Aussie writer Charmaine Clancy loves to create characters for mystery, fantasy and adventure. All her stories are fictional, except maybe MY ZOMBIE DOG (some say to this day you can hear her dog softly moan the plea 'braaaains').
what a cute book! reminds me of timmy turner's zombie hamster...if you watch nickelodeon =)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea that the Zombie dog is based on a real dog. When I hear about books like this it makes me wish my girls were just a little bit younger :-)
ReplyDeleteMy elementary school librarian used to tell us not to pass up books because we thought we were too old for them. We were missing great stories that way.
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