Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

Author: Daniel Waters

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

Rated 9/10

Phoebe is just your typical goth girl with a crush. He's strong and silent.and dead.

All over the country, a strange phenomenon is happening. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. They are coming back to life, but they are no longer the same-they stutter, and their reactions to everything are slower. Termed "living impaired" or "differently biotic," they are doing their best to fit into a society that doesn't want them.


Fitting in is hard enough when you don't have the look or attitude, but when almost everyone else is alive and you're not, it's close to impossible. The kids at Oakvale High don't want to take classes or eat in the cafeteria next to someone who isn't breathing. And there are no laws that exist to protect the differently biotic from the people who want them to disappear-for good.

With her pale skin and Goth wardrobe, Phoebe has never run with the popular crowd. But no one can believe it when she falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids. Not her best friend, Margi, whose fear of the differently biotic is deeply rooted in guilt over the past. And especially not her neighbor, Adam, the star of the football team. Adam has just realized his feelings for Phoebe run much deeper than just friendship. He would do anything for her, but what if protecting Tommy is the one thing that would make her happy?

MY REVIEW
Awesome book,I enjoyed every minute of reading it, and couldn't put it down from the beginning until the end. Now I really can't wait to read the next book. Most people are gonna love this book, I just didn't like the ending though,it was too sad for me  :( .Phoebe is a goth chick who lives in a world where dead teenagers come back to life after they have died. Nobody knows why or why it's just teenagers in America(they are called the living impaired aka zombies which is a name called out of hatred towards them). Adam is Phoebe's best friend and neighbor,he's had a crush on Phoebe for the longest time. Pete is the local football star and bigshot at school,he has a hatred for the living impaired and decides there needs to be something done to get rid of them all and the people who are friends with them. Phoebe starts to fall for Tommy, an undead boy, and they quickly becomes friends. Adam who will do anything for Phoebe accepts him as well as a friend. They all join a  group for the living impaired who fight for their rights and tries to explain the living impaired and their biology.There are no rights for the living impaired and people all America are killing them because of their hatred for them. Now someone at school is trying to kill them as well.