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Violence
A lot
Significant horror violence including deaths of children; Higson does not soften the threat
Language
Some
Adult language in the YA horror register
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological intensity; the horror of a world without adults and the weight of survival create effective dread
What this book is about
Charlie Higson's YA horror novel is set in a post-pandemic London where everyone over sixteen has been transformed into flesh-eating creatures by a disease, and groups of children are fighting to survive. Higson writes YA horror with significant violence and genuine craft; the zombie-like adults are terrifying and the deaths of children are not off-limits. For mature YA readers of horror fiction.
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