GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie
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What Others Say About GIRL Z:
New review - 4 monsters - at The Bookie Monster!
* A guy's point-of-view from Zombies & Toys "...Girl Z is an original entry in a saturated market. Every time I try to explain why, I always come back to the characters. Becca is a tough, independent teenage girl, but that’s just what she is. I believe her story, and I feel like she’s struggling her way through this mess just how I imagine I would if I were in her shoes. I really enjoyed the bilingual dialogue and the fact that neither Becca nor Carm were written as half-witted eye candy, nor were they male characters in female camouflage..."
* Rebbie's Reviews says, "...In a world hit by the zombie virus, Christine Verstraete shows us an example of true friendship, teamwork and determination. For me, this is a new vision of a tried and tested genre with realistic consequences including mobs and discrimination.I’ll be honest, of all the zombie books I’ve read, this one is a refreshingly girly book..."
* "...GIRL Z is a different type of zombie apocalypse story, especially recommended for fans of the genre!" - Midwest Book Review. * Read the rest - Fantasy/SciFi Shelf, Small Press Bookwatch (Book also included in the Cengage Learning-Gale interactive CD-ROM series “Book Review Index” )
* “...Verstraete, whose background runs from journalism to designing one-twelfth scale dollhouse rooms, has come up with a clever way of telling her story from a zombie point of view without sinking to the “Hungry…eat…BRAIINNSSS!” level.... With Girl Z, Verstraete has shuffled to the head of the zombie-lit horde...” – Terrance Mc Arthur, Kings River Life Magazine, www.kingsriverlife.com
* "I found this book to be very interesting and well written. It kept my interest until the very last page... I enjoyed how it showed what Becca was feeling and thinking. You could really tell how she was feeling about being a zombie and how it was changing her on the inside and outside." - Emily, age 16, LitPick.com, 5 stars
* "Written from Becca's point of view, we get a narrow and very realistic view of this chaotic new world from a self-absorbed teenager's tunnel vision. A very fun and readable introduction to a new series!" --Dana Fredsti, author of Plague Town & Plague Nation, swordfighter, and actress in Army of Darkness.
* "....The story is well written and the timing throughout the story is just right. As a fan of anything ZOMBIE related, I can truly say that this novel is a much needed “Breath of fresh air”! - Dina B. Reed, "zombie" actress, One Last Sunset
* A guy's point-of-view from Zombies & Toys "...Girl Z is an original entry in a saturated market. Every time I try to explain why, I always come back to the characters. Becca is a tough, independent teenage girl, but that’s just what she is. I believe her story, and I feel like she’s struggling her way through this mess just how I imagine I would if I were in her shoes. I really enjoyed the bilingual dialogue and the fact that neither Becca nor Carm were written as half-witted eye candy, nor were they male characters in female camouflage..."
* Rebbie's Reviews says, "...In a world hit by the zombie virus, Christine Verstraete shows us an example of true friendship, teamwork and determination. For me, this is a new vision of a tried and tested genre with realistic consequences including mobs and discrimination.I’ll be honest, of all the zombie books I’ve read, this one is a refreshingly girly book..."
* "...GIRL Z is a different type of zombie apocalypse story, especially recommended for fans of the genre!" - Midwest Book Review. * Read the rest - Fantasy/SciFi Shelf, Small Press Bookwatch (Book also included in the Cengage Learning-Gale interactive CD-ROM series “Book Review Index” )
* “...Verstraete, whose background runs from journalism to designing one-twelfth scale dollhouse rooms, has come up with a clever way of telling her story from a zombie point of view without sinking to the “Hungry…eat…BRAIINNSSS!” level.... With Girl Z, Verstraete has shuffled to the head of the zombie-lit horde...” – Terrance Mc Arthur, Kings River Life Magazine, www.kingsriverlife.com
* "I found this book to be very interesting and well written. It kept my interest until the very last page... I enjoyed how it showed what Becca was feeling and thinking. You could really tell how she was feeling about being a zombie and how it was changing her on the inside and outside." - Emily, age 16, LitPick.com, 5 stars
* "Written from Becca's point of view, we get a narrow and very realistic view of this chaotic new world from a self-absorbed teenager's tunnel vision. A very fun and readable introduction to a new series!" --Dana Fredsti, author of Plague Town & Plague Nation, swordfighter, and actress in Army of Darkness.
* "....The story is well written and the timing throughout the story is just right. As a fan of anything ZOMBIE related, I can truly say that this novel is a much needed “Breath of fresh air”! - Dina B. Reed, "zombie" actress, One Last Sunset
* For fun, my short story, "Ghouls Like Us " includes the characters from my novel, GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie. Read the rest of the story at Wattpad.
"Ghouls Like Us"
The first day of school and we learn we're the different ones.
By C.A. Verstraete
Like most everything else in my life, I even did this zombie thing half-way.
Modern medicine and the amazing line of "Ghouls Like Us" cosmetics luckily lets me and other kids infected with the Z virus function almost like normal—if you consider no discernible heartbeat, a weird grayish, blotched skin and a bunch of other awful stuff—normal. I sure don't.
At least I wasn't like them. Not that being a part-Z was any better, especially the food part. No more of my Tia's spicy tacos, my favorite, or mom's yummy tortilla soup. Now all I had was a freakish fascination with raw food. Ick. Of course, you know, it sure beat the alternative.
So, I had to make the best of being a part-Z, and that meant going back to school. Big change there, too, warned my cousin, ever the bearer of bad news. Forget our old school, Carm said.
The dread ballooned inside, though I couldn't much feel the physical effects anymore. Not that I missed the huge headaches I'd get whenever I was upset. My head probably would've exploded by now.... * Read the rest of the story at Wattpad.
"Ghouls Like Us"
The first day of school and we learn we're the different ones.
By C.A. Verstraete
Like most everything else in my life, I even did this zombie thing half-way.
Modern medicine and the amazing line of "Ghouls Like Us" cosmetics luckily lets me and other kids infected with the Z virus function almost like normal—if you consider no discernible heartbeat, a weird grayish, blotched skin and a bunch of other awful stuff—normal. I sure don't.
At least I wasn't like them. Not that being a part-Z was any better, especially the food part. No more of my Tia's spicy tacos, my favorite, or mom's yummy tortilla soup. Now all I had was a freakish fascination with raw food. Ick. Of course, you know, it sure beat the alternative.
So, I had to make the best of being a part-Z, and that meant going back to school. Big change there, too, warned my cousin, ever the bearer of bad news. Forget our old school, Carm said.
The dread ballooned inside, though I couldn't much feel the physical effects anymore. Not that I missed the huge headaches I'd get whenever I was upset. My head probably would've exploded by now.... * Read the rest of the story at Wattpad.