The Undead Truth of Us (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781368075831)

A Kansas Notable Book of 2023!

The Astonishing Color of After meets Warm Bodies and Wilder Girls in this speculative YA debut about a dancer whose life changes forever after she witnesses her mom's sudden zombification and subsequent death.

Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one another and slowly coming forward.

Sixteen-year-old Zharie Young is absolutely certain her mother morphed into a zombie before her untimely death, but she can't seem to figure out why. Why her mother died, why her aunt doesn't want her around, why all her dreams seem suddenly, hopelessly out of reach. And why, ever since that day, she's been seeing zombies everywhere.

Then Bo moves into her apartment building--tall, skateboard in hand, freckles like stars, and an undeniable charm. Z wants nothing to do with him, but when he transforms into a half zombie right before her eyes, something feels different. He contradicts everything she thought she knew about monsters, and she can't help but wonder if getting to know him might unlock the answers to her mother's death.

As Zharie sifts through what's real and what's magic, she discovers a new truth about the world: Love can literally change you--for good or for dead.

In this surrealist journey of grief, fear, and hope, Britney S. Lewis's debut novel explores love, zombies, and everything in between in an intoxicating amalgam of the real and the fantastic.

Author: Britney S. Lewis
ISBN-10: 1368075835
ISBN-13: 9781368075831
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2022
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.84w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2022
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2022
School Library Journal 10/01/2022 pg. 88
Booklist 09/23/2022
BookPage 07/01/2022