Pickles vs. the Zombies

by Angela Misri

Overview

The comfortable life of Pickles, a calico house cat, is turned upside down when humans succumb to the zombie apocalypse. She doesn't know where her "pet," the human child Connor, has gone, only that zombies are everywhere.

Determined to find Connor, Pickles sets off with her cat friends and a streetwise raccoon, exploring a world she has only seen through a window. Fending off human zombies, street cats from the wrong side of the track and a ferocious gang of chipmunks, Pickles and her crew search for remnants of human society

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770865587
Publisher:	Cormorant Books
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.45(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Angela Misri is an author and journalist of Indian descent. She was born in London, U.K., and briefly lived in Buenos Aires before moving to Canada in 1982. Angela is the author of the Portia Adams Adventures series and several essays on Sherlock Holmes. In 2019, she published Pickles vs. the Zombies, her first book about animals in a zombie apocalypse, to widespread acclaim. She earned her BA in English Literature from the University of Calgary and her MA in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. As a former CBC Radio digital manager and the Digital Director at The Walrus, Angela is never offline (although she prefers to write long form in notebooks). Angela plays MMORPGs, speaks several web languages, and owns too many comic books. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Editorial Reviews

A fun read that takes a typical zombie narrative but tells it from the perspective of the pets left behind.

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

This action packed story will appeal to animal lovers and zombie fanatics alike. A novel filled with hope, excitement and a touch of terror, it is sure to be a hit with fans of many different genres.

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Pickles and her gang are endlessly engaging, possessing ingenuity, kindness, courage, and awesome sparks of humour.

Quill & Quire

"This book finally answers that all important question: what will pets do during a zombie apocalypse? A fast-paced, funny read with a pinch of fear and a dollop of yuck. No matter what kind of pet you have, you'll love these four-legged survivors."

Arthur Slade

"The secret life of post apocalyptic pets. Inventive, thrilling and fun!"

Kevin Sylvester

"They made the strangest fellowship since the one in the Lord of the Rings. Instead of a wizard, an elf, and others, this group consisted of several cats, a raccoon, and a hyperactive hamster led by the courageous Pickles determined to find his beloved human, Connor. Angela Misri takes us on a heart-stopping roller-coaster of a ride through sewers, encounters with rats, an evil opossum, and the ever-present zombies. This is a fabulous story of adventure, friendship, and the true meaning of family."

Kathy Kacer

"Pickles vs. the Zombies is a fun read that takes a typical zombie narrative but tells it from the perspective of the pets left behind."

Canadian Review of Materials

"This is a story about love, friendship, and perseverance, packed with a lot of action (and zombies) that is sure to keep young readers engaged till the very end."

Canadian Children's Book Centre

2019-07-28
Not even the zombie apocalypse can keep a cat from her beloved two-legged pets.

Mounting anxiety after her 2-year-old charge, Connor, doesn't come home from day care and the pet grown-ups go missing as well at last drives house cat Pickles to screw her courage to the sticking place and set out to the rescue. The world has turned strange, she discovers, as many humans have become vicious zombies—the slow, stupid kind, fortunately—and left the streets strewn with their half-eaten victims. Pickles is less disturbed by that ("I'm an indoor cat who watches way too much TV. My tolerance for dramatic violence might be a little messed up") than by the annoyances of locks, doorknobs, and finding food that doesn't run away. As she searches she faces challenges ranging from thuggish sewer rats to human fugitives hungry enough to trap and eat domestic animals…not to mention, of course, all those dangerously infectious undead. Luckily, she acquires a band of loyal sidekicks along the way, including a portly urban raccoon and a berserker hamster. Pickles' steadfast loyalty makes her seem more doglike than feline, but she certainly has heart, and by the end she's a long way from the shy, unadventurous kitty she began as. Misri artfully leaves gorier details to the imagination, so readers who really don't thrill to blood and guts can focus on the adventure rather than the body parts.

A rousing odyssey. (Horror. 9-11)

Kirkus Reviews