Mia gets good grades and has an obsession with “Buffy”. Popular kids rarely notice her, so when Rob, the most popular boy in school, asks her out, and then invites her to the prom, she can’t believe it. But Samantha, the popular girl in class, is trying to steal Rob away – and it looks like it is working. Dejected, Mia and her hypochondriac best friend Candice go to visit a creepy old lady who sells herbs and spells to buy a love spell. Mia completes the “love spell” and believes it’s working, but then suddenly everyone is being nice to her, and giving her snacks… and for some reason they all think she smells like roasted chicken. The quiet new boy, Chase, lets Mia know that the spell she cast wasn’t actually a love spell – it is actually slowly turning the whole school into zombies. Mia, Chase, and Candice get to work trying to save their school from a zombie infestation just a week before Prom!
Written for the 12 and up age group, this book is sweet, funny and quite charming. Themes of friendship and childhood relationships run through the book. (Example: just because a guy is popular doesn’t make him the right guy for you.) This book is geared toward girls and plays heavily on the scattered, over-dramatic mindset of high school girls. There is a romantic thread in the book, though it’s by no means in the forefront of the story.
Contains: people with the intention of eating Mia, a kiss, and some name calling of the catty high school girl type.
Review by KDP