INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Wyatt, Merrill

Ernestine, Catastrophe Queen

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Joey Chou. Twelve-year-old zombie aficionado Ernestine and her stepbrother, Charleston, are trying to start the zombie apocalypse but instead become embroiled in a murder-mystery at a retirement home filled with eccentric residents. The hilarious characters stand out in this madcap horror-lite romp, but there's also a layer of poignancy in Ernestine's eventual coming-to-terms with a tragic event in her past.

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