Anna and the Apocalypse by Katharine Turner, Barry Waldo
Published by Imprint on October 23rd 2018
ISBN: 1250318807
Pages: 272
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In television shows, movies, and books the adolescent high school experience is often a metaphor for all the horrors and pain of life. In the cult favorite, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” high school was the literal entrance to hell. This book provides a similar take on that experience. Anna has just turned eighteen and wants nothing more than to leave town after graduation, but she and her father have different ideas about where she will go. She tries to survive the monotony and frustration of her last year of high school when one day people in her town start to become zombies. With the background of the Christmas season, Anna and her friends and classmates attempt to save the town. There is blood, violence, bad puns, and plenty of dark humor. Readers will be laughing out loud, but there are also enough scares for everyone to keep the lights on when reading late at night. In Anna and the Apocalypse, Katherine Turner with Barry Waldo create an entertaining scenario of the end of the world based on the screenplay of the zombie Christmas musical movie of the same name. Recommended for grades 10 and up. 

Reviewed by Elizabeth Andersen, Librarian, Westbrook High School