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|title=ZOM-B Baby
|author=Darren Shan
|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|date=September 2013
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This is the fifth book in the ''ZOM-B'' series and it's a bit difficult to find new things to say about it to be brutally honest. However, I am a big fan of Darren Shan so I'm going to give it a go. I think the main things to note about ''ZOM-B Baby'' are as follows:
~ B is an original thinker. She's independent-minded and needs to make up her own mind about things. I like this in her!<br>~ Shan stands out as a writer for children who is not afraid to kill off sympathetic characters. I like this in him!<br>~ The series is gradually shifting from all-about-B to a showdown between good and evil. I like this direction!<br>~ Warren Pierce's illustrations are super-duper brilliant. I like them!<br>
Everything else is exactly what we've come to expect from this series: B mouthing off, zombies chewing brains, fights, arguments and views of a post-apocalyptic London that is waiting (and hoping) to be reclaimed by the living. It's direct and immediate and gripping. I'm still slightly unsure about the number of books it is taking to tell this story but Darren argued his reasons very well last time I said this and his fans - including both my sons - don't seem to mind. So I'll concede defeat!
Read the [[Zom-B by Darren Shan|first book]] in the series before this one! For another story told in short, shocking episodes, try the fantabulous [[Blade: Playing Dead by Tim Bowler|Blade series]] by Tim Bowler.
[[Darren Shan's ZOM_B series in chronological order]]
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