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    Brains For Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku?!
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    Brains For Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku?!

    By Gahan Wilson and K.A. Holt

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    The difference being that this middle school novel is written entirely in Haiku. Loeb, its zombie protagonist has a problem: the object of his affection, Siobhan, is a lifer (i.e. human). What to do? In scenes set around a lunch table (the menu: brains) and around the school, eyes roll and jaws drop (literally). Also featured in the cast of characters is Carl, a chupacabra (bloodsucking critter) and Mrs. Fincher, a sympathetic and seductive librarian.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 24, 2010
    ISBN9781429955522
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    Brains For Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku?!
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    Gahan Wilson

    Gahan Wilson’s cartoons may be what he was most famous for, but he was a master of macabre writing as well. His cartoons, which appeared primarily in Playboy and The New Yorker, were gathered in over twenty book collections through the years. He wrote and illustrated a number of children’s books, mystery novels, several anthologies, and a collection of his own short stories. Wilson was honored with the Horror Writer’s Association’s Life Achievement Award in 1992 and the 2004 Life Achievement Award given by the World Fantasy Convention. He died in 2019.  

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    • 3/5
      An interesting concept using haiku to tell a junior high zombie romance. I found it different. I found it a little confusing because I had to fill in the blanks between haiku verses but I liked it. Loeb, a zombie, like likes Siobhan who is a human. That is a big no-no in society. He thinks she is making fun of him and he has to show he is not the stereotype. It's fun as he devises a way to find out.
    • 5/5
      BRAINS FOR LUNCH by Austin author K.A. Holt is a zombie novel in haiku. Wait. Yes. You read that correctly. It is the tale of middle-school angst from the perspective of Loeb (teehee, get it?) a “Z” attending middle school alongside “lifers” and “chupos” (if you have yet to discover el chupacabra, let me Wikipedia that for you). Loeb’s story is told in hilariously snarky haiku, in the 5-7-5 style often referred to by haiku aficionados as “senryu.” And how appropriate, as one might imagine a zombie as a man — or middle-schooler — of few words.And Loeb isn’t unlike most middle school guys. He goes to class. He hangs out in the library. He has an assortment of weird friends. He avoids bullies and wishes everyone could just get along. And he has a crush on an unattainable girl — a beautiful lifer named Siobhan. When the (hot) librarian tells Loeb about an upcoming poetry contest, Loeb thinks he might enter, if only to get the attention of his dream girl.With illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Gahan Wilson — whose quirky style fits Z life to a T — BRAINS FOR LUNCH is a must-have for middle school library shelves. Like the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series, K.A. Holt‘s humor in this easy-on-the-eyes style will attract both reluctant readers and bookworms of all ages. And between the 5-7-5 lines are the often difficult-to tackle issues of race and intolerance that teens are facing head-on at their schools every day. BRAINS FOR LUNCH confronts these with a subtle wit deserving of a gold star. Whether you’re a 10 year old boy who needs to do a book report, a 16 year old girl who digs haiku, or a grown-up zombie buff, this is a book you don’t want to miss.