His scientist parents have a possible cure-but can they and the young fugitives hook up in time? Though so slow to get off the mark that the zombie action doesn't even start until halfway through, the plot accelerates nicely thereafter, culminating in a wild drive in a tinkling ice-cream truck through crowds of slavering attackers. Though Dicey's skill with a bat comes in handy for cranking up the body count, escape becomes an urgent priority when Jack is bitten. Paired up in school as an egg's assigned 'parents,' shy übernerd Jack Chen and irrepressible baseball star Dicey Bell feel a mutual draw-which is why they're together, cutting class one day, when a sudden outbreak of mutant fungus turns nearly everyone into mindless, half-decayed killers. Petersburg, Fla., in this tongue-in-cheek romance. A great beginning to a fun new series.' -Booklist, 'Two teenagers fall for each other as a zombifying fungus stalks St.

Grrissen's refreshing, black-and-white art gives the story a crisp, modern feel, with clearly individuated characters and realistic body types. Petersburg, Florida, is scary and gory and exciting but not too bloody for a middle-school audience. The middle section of the book gets rushed a bit when the zombies start appearing, but the final act, when the two teens try to fight their way out of embattled St.

Dicey and Jack are extremely likable characters-as are the bit players-and their young romance is crafted slowly enough to get readers invested in it. But jock Dicey is determined that she and Jack will survive-and maybe she'll even finally get a kiss from him! Tsang and Grrissen's entry in the new My Boyfriend Is a Monster graphic-novel series cashes in on the current zombie craze, but it does so with style and humor. 'What happens when a baseball player and a goth nerd fall in love? The zombie apocalypse, of course.

I Love Him to Pieces by Evonne Tsang