The Enemy

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The others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ella's all-alone except for her silent rescuer, Scarface - and she's not even sure if he's a kid or a grown-up. Small Sam and his unlikely ally, The Kid, have survived. They're safe with Ed and his friends at the Tower of London, but Sam is desperate to find his sister. Jamey, Adamand Will- A few boys from Rowhurst who were killed by infected teachers during the early stages of the outbreak. Maxie - One of the main characters in the book. She becomes leader of the Waitrose crew after Arran dies but has trouble staying mentally strong after his death. She becomes a good leader after Ollie privately tells her that he believes that the Waitrose kids need a leader to look up to and make hard decisions, going on to say that he believes Maxie can be perfect for this. The students of Rowhurst School are effectively quarantined in the school. Nineteen boys are holed up in School House dormitory. [5] Ten days before the first chapter of The Dead, Matthew Palmer and fourteen other boys hole up in the school chapel. [6]

Worldbuilding. Because, I know what you're thinking. Another zombie book? Another kids alone without adults book!? yeah, yeah I get you fam but listen these bring something new to the table. Kate - Tom's girlfriend, she too complains a lot and carries a sword. She also goes on Jester's exploration mission. Can you enjoy a book where pretty much every one of your favourite characters gets chomped on by a zombie? Callum (deceased) - A boy who is extremely Agoraphobic and refuses to leave Waitrose with the other children. He survives on his own for a while but eventually succumbs to bitter loneliness and lets the adults kill him after they break into the store. Jamie - A boy who was strangled in the cellar by Paul Channing and later eaten by adults. He is thirteen.

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Deke (deceased) - Freak's best friend who he always hung around with before the epidemic. He dies after suffering a punctured lung from a broken vending machine glass and grown-ups took him away to eat him. Their search for Ella means Sam and The Kid must cross the forbidden zone. And what awaits them there is more terrifying than any of the horror they've suffered so far . . . A gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground - the grown-ups lie in wait. Wiki - A boy around twelve or thirteen, he seems to know everything and so is called Wiki, his real name is Thomas. He, like Ed, Justin and Kwanele, is originally from Rowhurst. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives . . .

Well obviously my love of George Romero zombie films was my starting point. I’ve always loved horror and after having done Young James Bond and the action-adventure genre I thought what’s another really good genre that kids would buy into? The other great thing about horror is that it’s not gender specific. Girls love horror as much as boys, and I have tried to put a lot of good, strong female characters in the books. A horror cover doesn’t say ‘no girls allowed’. Then I thought if I’m going to do scary books, what scared me? The movie monster that always scared me the most, since I saw Night Of The Living Dead as a teenager, was the zombie. You can do a lot with zombies. George Romero himself freely admits his films had a strong satirical element to them. He was talking about American society and a lot of the stuff that was going on at that time. Because zombies are people you can add a lot of layers in, but you can do it in a way where kids don’t feel they’re being hit over the head or lectured. I think there’s a lot in my books about friendship, leadership, about society and how it works, how we learn to live with each other and what skills do we need to make a viable society. Kids don’t need to know any of that, they just want someone to be eaten again.

Ebenezer - A religious kid that is armed with throwing spears. He is part of Ollie's Skirmisher group and joins the expedition to Promithios and the trip to find Ella. James Stornay - A scientist boy who was killed by Paul Channing. He is two years older than Wiki and Jibber-Jabber. If the phrase ‘zombie monkeys’ doesn’t make you immediately add this to your reading list, I don’t think anything will. Charlie Higson is the master-mind behind the bestselling Young Bond series of novels for young adults which have made him a household name among teen book lovers, however, what could be argued to be his greater body of work is The Enemy series for its expertly written blend of horror and action.