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My So Called Death
by
Stacey Jay (Goodreads Author)
All in all it was a good day to die. If there really is such a thing.
You hear characters in movies say that all the time, but does anyone really believe the words “good” and “die” belong in the same sentence?
Still, it could have been worse. It could have been dark and spooky night instead of a beautiful Georgia morning in late October, with a light wind whipping across th...more
You hear characters in movies say that all the time, but does anyone really believe the words “good” and “die” belong in the same sentence?
Still, it could have been worse. It could have been dark and spooky night instead of a beautiful Georgia morning in late October, with a light wind whipping across th...more
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Published
March 8th 2010
by Flux Books
(first published March 1st 2010)
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My So-Called Death by Stacy Jay Follows perky cheerleader Karen. When Karen falls to her death after being dropped off the top of a cheerleading formation she doesn't stay dead, she wakes back up. Karen soon finds herself enrolled at the DEAD school for zombie kids. Unfortunately as soon as she arrives she finds that this school isn't as easy to navigate as the one she left. Her roommate is creepy, everyone seems to dislike her and her classmates are having their brains stolen.
This is a cute zom...more
This is a cute zom...more
Fans of You Are So Undead To Me will find this zombie book full of familiar perkiness yet definitely cut in a different cloth - more along the lines of Generation Dead and I Kissed A ZOMBIE, And I Liked It. If you prefer an intelligent zombie with a little perk, then My So-Called Death will suit your zombie needs!
Stacey Jay really captured the voice of a perky, go-getter girl - so much that I could not help but laugh at how chipper Karen stayed despite being a zombie and enduring undeserved susp...more
Stacey Jay really captured the voice of a perky, go-getter girl - so much that I could not help but laugh at how chipper Karen stayed despite being a zombie and enduring undeserved susp...more
When Karen Vera is dropped on her head from a cheerleading pyramid, she discovers a family secret:, she, like other members of her family, are "death-challenged" (aka zombies). Which means a little split skull and a splattered brain is not going to keep her from completing high school; it just means that it won't be public school, it'll be at eath challenged Education for Adolescents and the Deprogrammed (DEAD) High.
Karen takes to DEAD High: she isn't as popular at this school, her roommate hate...more
Karen takes to DEAD High: she isn't as popular at this school, her roommate hate...more
This was one of the most enjoyable YA/zombie books I think I have ever read.
Meet Karen Vera, freshman cheerleader at PHS, suddenly now death-challenged after falling off the top of her cheer pyramid and newest student at DEAD high.
Someone is harvesting zombie brains at her new school and she is determied to find the culprit. Between her newest shady BFF, her emotional new roomate with horribly bad breath, her crush on the cutest boy in achool and having to eat brains for lunch every day, Karen...more
Meet Karen Vera, freshman cheerleader at PHS, suddenly now death-challenged after falling off the top of her cheer pyramid and newest student at DEAD high.
Someone is harvesting zombie brains at her new school and she is determied to find the culprit. Between her newest shady BFF, her emotional new roomate with horribly bad breath, her crush on the cutest boy in achool and having to eat brains for lunch every day, Karen...more
Mar 05, 2012
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Carrie Ackerson
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Karen Vera is the smallest, most pink-wearing cheerleader at Peachtree High. Naturally she’s the one on the top of a human pyramid when the stunt goes wrong and she…DOESN’T die. Karen is “death challenged!” She becomes a zombie, and must go to DEAD High instead, a zombie boarding school. It isn’t so bad, once she gets used to eating (animal) brains. But suddenly somebody is harvesting zombie brains. Karen and gorgeous zombie-hunk Gavin need to save their classmates!
Expect te...more
Humor
Karen Vera is the smallest, most pink-wearing cheerleader at Peachtree High. Naturally she’s the one on the top of a human pyramid when the stunt goes wrong and she…DOESN’T die. Karen is “death challenged!” She becomes a zombie, and must go to DEAD High instead, a zombie boarding school. It isn’t so bad, once she gets used to eating (animal) brains. But suddenly somebody is harvesting zombie brains. Karen and gorgeous zombie-hunk Gavin need to save their classmates!
Expect te...more
Plot Sketch: Karen Vera is a cheerleader. She rocks at the top of the pyramid, and everyone wants to be her. Well, at least they did until she fell from the top of said pyramid and cracked her head open and her brains fell out. She died. They had a funeral, but Karen was still around. She's a zombie. Not the kind of zombie that got themselves dead and then got reanimated via black magic, those are the lower class Deprogrammed. Nope, she's Death Challenged, which is pretty much the bourgeoisie of...more
I like Stacey Jay's zombie books-- they are always a bit tongue in cheek, never talk down to teen readers, and are usually a wee bit gross. Super fun! I do prefer her other series (You are so undead to me, Undead much, etc.)a bit more, but this one, from the perspective of an undead teen, is pretty great. Karen dies after falling from the top of a cheerleading pyramid... only she isn't dead. She ends up at a secret high school for the undead, with a creepy roommate, a hot guy interested in her,...more
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Karen tragically died from a major fall from the top of the cheer leading pyramid and even more tragically discovered that she is a genetic zombie and now has to live out the rest of her days slurping down animal brains and fearing maggot infestations. She's even transferred to DEAD high, where supposedly she'll learn how to cope with her new, long lasting, but secret, un-life. But high school, even undead high schools, are cruel and to make bad things worse a full day into Karen's new life a bo...more
I really enjoyed this book. It's a fun, page-turning, mystery with romance, humor and of course, brain eating zombies. Totally the good kind. Well, mostly. In MY SO-CALLED DEATH, Stacey Jay makes you laugh, cringe and swoon all at the same time.
Life was pretty sweet for Karen Vera. She was a popular cheerleader with so much going for her. At least until she literally fell from the top of the pyramid and had her brains splattered for all to see. That kind of sucked. Lucky for her, she was some s...more
Life was pretty sweet for Karen Vera. She was a popular cheerleader with so much going for her. At least until she literally fell from the top of the pyramid and had her brains splattered for all to see. That kind of sucked. Lucky for her, she was some s...more
Nov 13, 2012
Jennifer Wardrip
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4 of 5 stars
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Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com
U-G-L-Y, Karen totally has an alibi... SHE'S UNDEAD, WHAT WHAT? SHE'S UNDEAD!
Just a freshman, Karen Vera was on top of the world. Karen was part of the fearless JV squad at Peachtree High and the girl that everyone envied. Unfortunately, her life went splat as she was knocked off her high pyramid and fell into a world that forces her to trade in her pom-poms for some animal brains.
Turns out Karen is "Death Challenged." So, once...more
U-G-L-Y, Karen totally has an alibi... SHE'S UNDEAD, WHAT WHAT? SHE'S UNDEAD!
Just a freshman, Karen Vera was on top of the world. Karen was part of the fearless JV squad at Peachtree High and the girl that everyone envied. Unfortunately, her life went splat as she was knocked off her high pyramid and fell into a world that forces her to trade in her pom-poms for some animal brains.
Turns out Karen is "Death Challenged." So, once...more
When Karen Vera falls from the top of the pyramid she expected to die since anyone knows that having their skull cracked open and their brains spilled out can only mean death. But Karen’s family line has a history of well, not dying…completely. Apparently Karen has a special gene that when she “dies” she doesn’t die, but rather turns into a zombie—Death Challenged. After having her parents rush her home, the principal of DEAD High visits and invites Karen to their boarding school to continue her...more
Ok, this book...is wonderful. It is light, hilarious, fun, ridiculous, far-fetched (but well thought out at the same time), and awesome. I read the synopsis of this book by Stacy Jay when I was going on a "new book spree" and decided to give it a whirl. I read it in a day and it was exactly what I wanted, fun! I highly recommend this book to anyone with a dry and sick sense of humor like myself, the rest of the fans of Karen Vera, and Stacy Jay.
Karen Vera has been transported from her fabulous position atop a cheerleader pyramid to DEAD High. She'd known there were risks to being a "flyer," but she didn't imagine that she'd die -- let alone become "genetically undead." Now Karen has to deal with things like her weirdo roommate who mostly cries and performs goth-y rituals under a blanket. And then there's the snacking on animal brains to prevent rot. And, oh yeah, someone in school has been harvesting her fellow student's brains and way...more
This book absolutely cracked me up. I started laughing at the cover before I even started the story - the font being the same as those old horror movie posters was a nice touch.
This was just a very cute and fun story, and I laughed at Karen's inner monologue the entire time. There wasn't much substance to this at all but I loved it all the same.
This was just a very cute and fun story, and I laughed at Karen's inner monologue the entire time. There wasn't much substance to this at all but I loved it all the same.
The main character's like a zombified Veronica Mars. But Karen being a cheerleader and a bit of a drama queen kinda put me off, so her long rants about oogling "McDreamy" and being a dead cheerleader were somewhat frustrating to read. Nonetheless, interesting plot and twists.
Nov 24, 2012
Dvora
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Any teenager
Recommended to Dvora by:
Stacey Jay
This was a very cute book. I enjoyed reading this because it was not to deep and light. Stacey's humor really came through in this book. The way she was able to channel her inner teen was perfect. I brought me back to high school when things were way more co fusing than they had to be.
An excellent read for any teenager today.
An excellent read for any teenager today.
Feb 18, 2012
Sana Miari
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This book is about a cheerleader who has "died." Karen fell but didn't really die. She became undead. AKA a zombie. Someone has been stealing brains and Karen suspects Gavin, a cute DP (Deprogrammed. I recommend this as an easy read.
Um, no. Tried to read it; tried to finish it. Couldn't manage to do either. Maybe it's me--I'm not a zombie-fan. But, I passed the book off to a colleague who tried desperately to love the book, and she failed, as well. Definitely for kids . . .
I thought that this book was a bit in the center of Horror and comedy.I would defiantly recommend it to people who are willing to laugh and hide at the same time.
It was a good book. It was funny, not too gory, and always upbeat. I enjoyed the book greatly and I hope that there will be another adventure in store for Karen Vera!
Adorable and full of monsters--I can't ask for much more in a book. Looking forward to Zombie-teen Karen's further adventures.
It was an amusing fun read.
I liked this book, it funny and light, with plenty of twists and turns that keep you guessing.
Quite good for a zombie book.
I am a big fan of Stacey Jay. I can't say that I've read any book that has grossed me out this much(but in a good way). *Note to self* Do not read while eating.
Actual rating around 2.5
I like Jay's other YA series a lot, so I was excited to read this. It was a letdown.
I like Jay's other YA series a lot, so I was excited to read this. It was a letdown.
At first I thought it was going to be kinda predictable, but it had a good twist twoards the end.
Jun 13, 2013
Lucianny
marked it as to-read
Jun 11, 2013
Pam Metz
marked it as to-read
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Stacey Jay is a recovering workaholic (or at least working hard at recovering) with three pen names, two small children, and a passion for playing pretend for a living. She’s been a full time mom-writer since 2005 and can't think of anything she'd rather be doing. Her former careers include theatre performer, professional dancer, poorly paid C-movie actress, bartender, waiter, math tutor (for real...more
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