Generation Dead

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Generation Dead

First edition (US)
Author	Daniel Waters
Cover artist	Ali Smith
Language	English
Genre	Young adult, Fantasy, Romance
Publisher	Hyperion Books
Publication date	May 2008
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print Paperback,
Pages	392
ISBN	978-1-84738-327-3
OCLC	225446468
Followed by	Kiss of Life

Generation Dead is a young adult supernatural romance novel by Daniel Waters.^[1][2][3]

The book is a modern reworking of the zombie genre of fiction. It follows a girl named Phoebe and her best friends, Margi and Adam, whose world has been left baffled by a strange phenomenon – dead teenagers not staying dead. For reasons unknown, a small number of the teenaged dead are returning to 'life'. They lack a heartbeat and all other traditional life-signs (respiration, digestion, etc.) but are capable of thought, movement and speech (to varying extents). They are widely feared by the living, but Phoebe finds herself attracted to Tommy Williams, one of the "living impaired" teens at her school.