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 Generation Dead is a surprisingly good first novel (and now a series of the same name) by Daniel Waters (no, not the same Daniel Waters that wrote Heathers, this is a different one) in May 2008. The premise of the story is simple: an unexplained phenomenon causes recently deceased teenagers to come back as zombies. This is no ordinary horror story though - these zombies are a lot like other teens, except they've got a lower body temperature, don't need to eat or sleep, often speak or move a lot more slowly... and, oh yeah, have even fewer protected civil rights owing to the fact that they're still considered Legally Dead. Their parents aren't even required to take care of them anymore, and yes, some of them go abandoned. Ouch.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Mixed up in all this of course, are the people whose generation is the one that's starting becoming literal zombies: American teenagers. Specifically, those going to Oakvale High, which we're told has a very good program for the "living impaired". Main characters include a number of "differently biotic" kids, especially high-functioning ones like Tommy Williams and Karen DeSonne (who talk almost normally, and in the former case, even tries out for the football team), as well as a few living kids, such as Perky Goths Phoebe and Margi, and their football star childhood friend, Adam Layman, and his former friend, the bully Pete. Phoebe has a crush on Tommy, Adam's in love with Phoebe, both Phoebe and Margi have trouble dealing with the fact that their friend Colette came back as a zombie, and Pete? Pete's going a little off the deep end...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })If it sounds like a soap opera, though, don't let that put you off; it's surprisingly light and funny... when it's not punching you in the metaphorical gut.It has a sequel, Kiss of Life, which was followed in June 2010 by a third book, Passing Strange.Not at all related to the Teenage Zombies videogame.The number of Death Tropes is obviously high:
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