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2008
by Hyperion
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392 pages
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143210921X
(isbn13: 9781432109211)
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All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occuring. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. Termed "living impaired" or "diff...more
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Read in June, 2008
Throughout this book, I continually thought "Hang in there; hang in there! What if you put it down now while it's awful, and it becomes great in fifty pages?". I was disappointed. It got marginally better somewhere in the middle. Still, it was hardly a page-turner.
The main character is so stereotypical it made me want to gag. The mc's best friend, too, for that matter. Throughout 'Generation Dead', I thought of the world's worst fanfic(google if you're not familiar with it), and ho...more
The main character is so stereotypical it made me want to gag. The mc's best friend, too, for that matter. Throughout 'Generation Dead', I thought of the world's worst fanfic(google if you're not familiar with it), and ho...more
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Read in August, 2008
In its Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that separate schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. The schools for whites were often superior to their counterparts for black students and consequently the separate schools offered very different educational opportunities. This ruling was key to the civil rights movement and efforts to end segregation.
On September 3, 1957, nine black students were barred from entry into Little Rock Central Hig...more
On September 3, 1957, nine black students were barred from entry into Little Rock Central Hig...more
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Get ready for the next sensation: waking up after you’ve died.
It started with one strange case, and now it’s happening to more and more American teens. But having a second chance doesn’t make living, or whatever their existence is called, any easier for these “living impaired” or “differently biotic” teens. They face much discrimination, fear, and hatred, and they don’t have any legal rights either. That means anyone who hates them enough can destroy them – and the differe...more
It started with one strange case, and now it’s happening to more and more American teens. But having a second chance doesn’t make living, or whatever their existence is called, any easier for these “living impaired” or “differently biotic” teens. They face much discrimination, fear, and hatred, and they don’t have any legal rights either. That means anyone who hates them enough can destroy them – and the differe...more
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Read in August, 2008
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More like 2.5 stars, I think. I expected a bit more from this zombie teen novel -- like, for instance, brain-eating. Moaning. Slowly losing limbs. Things that zombies normally do. The teen zombies in this book aren't like that -- in fact, if you don't want to risk offense, you probably shouldn't call them zombies. The politically correct term is "living impaired." Or "differently biotic."
All over the United States, dead teens are coming back from the grave, returning to ...more
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To summarize Generation Dead, by Daniel Waters in one word- Clever! Daniel Waters resides in Connecticut with his family. Generation Dead is his first young adult novel.
All over the country an unusual phenomenon is happening. Some teenagers who die are not staying dead. Isolated strictly to the United States and to teenagers, these young adults are labeled differently bionic or living impaired. All they are trying to do is fit into a society that doesn’t want them and doesn’t understand. T...more
All over the country an unusual phenomenon is happening. Some teenagers who die are not staying dead. Isolated strictly to the United States and to teenagers, these young adults are labeled differently bionic or living impaired. All they are trying to do is fit into a society that doesn’t want them and doesn’t understand. T...more
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Reviewed by The Story Siren for TeensReadToo.com
You've heard of Generation "X" and Generation "Y." Get ready for Generation Dead -- Generation Dead being known for its, well, undead. Science can't explain it, and no one really knows why it happens, but American teenagers are coming back to life. Known to the living as differently biotic or the living impaired, these zombie teenagers try to "live" their undead lives, but as with any group of people that vary from...more
You've heard of Generation "X" and Generation "Y." Get ready for Generation Dead -- Generation Dead being known for its, well, undead. Science can't explain it, and no one really knows why it happens, but American teenagers are coming back to life. Known to the living as differently biotic or the living impaired, these zombie teenagers try to "live" their undead lives, but as with any group of people that vary from...more
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Read in May, 2008
A strange phenomenon is happening across the entire country. Some teenagers are coming back from the dead. While some may think this is great, a second chance at life, others aren’t all that happy about it. Most of these “differently biotic” move extremely slowly and talk just as slow. They are all trying to fit back in with the world they once knew, but with a society filled with people who don’t want to accept them, it can be painstakingly hard.
Phoebe, a Goth girl, has never really...more
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Generation Dead is Daniel Water’s first novel and he did a bang up job! He captured the voices of teenagers who are navigating their way through the trials and tribulations of high school. The only difference between a regular high school and the high school in this book is that for some reason, and no one knows why - not even the scientists, SOME teenagers that die aren’t staying dead. They are referred to as “living impaired” or “differently biotic.”
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Read in November, 2008
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Read in July, 2008
Update - I just read that the sequel, "Kiss of Life", is coming out in May. Yay!
The setting of this book is present day, except that American teenagers have started to come back from the dead. Not all teenagers come back, and experts aren't sure what's causing this phenomenon. Fast food? Too much video games? Anyway, these "living impaired" students are re-entering school, but facing a lot of prejudice. They freak people out. No one socializes with them. One of th...more
The setting of this book is present day, except that American teenagers have started to come back from the dead. Not all teenagers come back, and experts aren't sure what's causing this phenomenon. Fast food? Too much video games? Anyway, these "living impaired" students are re-entering school, but facing a lot of prejudice. They freak people out. No one socializes with them. One of th...more
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Read in July, 2008
This book was interesting.. basically these teenagers are dying and then coming back to life. They're trying to live normal lives and some even attend high school. There are a lot of prejudice against these "DB" - differently biotic - kids and they have no rights so their murders (decapitations, burnings, etc) go unpunished. Enter Phoebe - a goth girl who has a heavy interest in a DB boy who attends her school. Other situations entail and overall, I enjoyed the book, but there was not ...more
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Read in June, 2008
2.5 - I really wanted to like this book. YA, zombies, cool cover - how could I not love it? I expected a funny story judging by all of the reviews and I think that is where the let down happened. This book is quite serious. It's really about intolerance and how people hate. There is startling zombie violence throughout the book. There are funny parts but overall this is not a lighthearted read. This is not a bad book but it wasn't what I was expecting. After the abrupt ending, I'm left feeling s...more
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I was surprised by how good this novel was, especially based on the cover. Waters' book is an insightful look into, as cliche as this is, the teenage psyche. But instead of focusing on the 'traditional' topics of race or homosexuality, he goes down a totally different path -- zombies. The undead, differently biotic, or living impaired. While that idea seems a little, well, far fetched, Waters' novel is nothing of the sort. While there's primarily one main character, Phoebe (a smart goth girl), w...more
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Read in November, 2008
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Oh, my. How can I put this lightly?
Generation Dead is Twilight, but with zombies instead of vampires. And it's just as terrible.
To wit:
Meet Phoebe. She's a goth girl! (How 1999!) Phoebe listens to so many cool bands, like This Mortal Coil and Bronx Casket Company. We know this because author Daniel Waters assures us every fifteen pages that he is an expert on his goth rock. Phoebe also writes poetry! It's really, really terrible poetry, too!
Meet Adam. ...more
Generation Dead is Twilight, but with zombies instead of vampires. And it's just as terrible.
To wit:
Meet Phoebe. She's a goth girl! (How 1999!) Phoebe listens to so many cool bands, like This Mortal Coil and Bronx Casket Company. We know this because author Daniel Waters assures us every fifteen pages that he is an expert on his goth rock. Phoebe also writes poetry! It's really, really terrible poetry, too!
Meet Adam. ...more
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Read in April, 2008
Infinitely better than the cover would suggest, this actually has significant social relevance (allegorical, naturally, since I don't think angsty zombies are a problem likely to crop up in the near future).
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Read in October, 2008
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Phoebe has always been a goth girl, and she's never really fit in with the popular crew. But up until now, she's usually been below their radar. Not anymore--not since she fell for Tommy Williams.
What makes Tommy Williams unique is that, technically, Tommy is dead. For reasons no one really understands, dead teenagers in America are coming back to life. Referred to as the living impaired, biotically different, or, less politely, as zombies or worm feasts, undead teenagers are attending s...more
What makes Tommy Williams unique is that, technically, Tommy is dead. For reasons no one really understands, dead teenagers in America are coming back to life. Referred to as the living impaired, biotically different, or, less politely, as zombies or worm feasts, undead teenagers are attending s...more
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Read in September, 2008
Some of the teenagers in Daniel Water’s Generation Dead are “living impaired” or “differently biotic.” In other words, they are zombies.
For some reason, living impaired teens are popping up all over the United States. The teens, who move and talk slower than their traditionally biotic counterparts, try to assimilate into “normal” society and have no desire to harm anyone. Phoebe, who is living, and Tommy, who is undead, develop a groundbreaking and unusual friendship tha...more
For some reason, living impaired teens are popping up all over the United States. The teens, who move and talk slower than their traditionally biotic counterparts, try to assimilate into “normal” society and have no desire to harm anyone. Phoebe, who is living, and Tommy, who is undead, develop a groundbreaking and unusual friendship tha...more
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Read in August, 2008
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lovers of zombies, anyone interested in stories about equal rights.
I've got mixed feelings about this book. The premise, which is that American teenagers suddenly start coming back from the dead and leading "unlives," is fascinating. I enjoy what the author's setting up here, and some of the humor is really great. I am disappointed, though, with the quality of the prose. "Show, don't tell" springs to mind--too many of the descriptions are dry and distracting, rather than folded into the story. I was also a bit peeved that none of the qu...more
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Read in August, 2008
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cover grabbed merecommends it for: fans of Westerfeld, Levithan, Bray
Phoebe is a typical goth girl biding her time in high school. She hangs out with her best friend Margi, and Adam from next door has a crush on her. The thing is, the hallways in her high school have changed over the past few years. Oakvale High has become somewhat famous for its integration of living impaired kids. You know ... zombies, corpsicles, worm buffets...however you say it, one thing is sure. These kids are dead.
The interesting thing is that only American teens are coming back ...more
The interesting thing is that only American teens are coming back ...more
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