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A review by kateteaching7and8
Dugout: The Zombie Steals Home: A Graphic Novel by Scott Morse
5.0
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Thank you to the @KidLitExchange network and the publisher for the advance copy of Dugout: The Zombie Steals Home by Scott Morse which is set to be released June 25, 2019.
This is novel about sisters, rivalry, baseball, zombies, and witches. Stacy and Gina are twins who play on opposing baseball teams; Stacy plays for the Rooks while Gina plays for the Knights. They also happen to be the granddaughters of a witch and will inherit their powers and be taught the ways of a witch when they turn sixteen. Gina is a natural athlete and her team excels while Stacy's team has lost every game this season. They're so bad, most of the players believe they're cursed. Following a fight, Gina borrows Stacy's mitt and coats it in one of her grandmother's magical ingredients: corpse breath. By doing this, she unknowingly releases an actual curse on Stacy's team. When Stacy drops her mitt, a zombie breaks through the ground where it landed. In order to break the curse and set everything right, the two sisters will have to set aside their differences.
I really enjoyed this graphic novel and found it to be an engaging and quick read. Normally when one thinks of baseball or zombies, one assumes the main character will be male, so I was excited to discover that this book had two strong female main characters. This book is full of humor with puns and witty quips. The sibling rivalry is real and something that many readers can relate to. I also liked that this wasn't the traditional zombie story in that the zombie wasn't out to eat their brains and it wasn't full of violence. This was a very cool and interesting concept and I think my students will really enjoy this novel.
Thank you to the @KidLitExchange network and the publisher for the advance copy of Dugout: The Zombie Steals Home by Scott Morse which is set to be released June 25, 2019.
This is novel about sisters, rivalry, baseball, zombies, and witches. Stacy and Gina are twins who play on opposing baseball teams; Stacy plays for the Rooks while Gina plays for the Knights. They also happen to be the granddaughters of a witch and will inherit their powers and be taught the ways of a witch when they turn sixteen. Gina is a natural athlete and her team excels while Stacy's team has lost every game this season. They're so bad, most of the players believe they're cursed. Following a fight, Gina borrows Stacy's mitt and coats it in one of her grandmother's magical ingredients: corpse breath. By doing this, she unknowingly releases an actual curse on Stacy's team. When Stacy drops her mitt, a zombie breaks through the ground where it landed. In order to break the curse and set everything right, the two sisters will have to set aside their differences.
I really enjoyed this graphic novel and found it to be an engaging and quick read. Normally when one thinks of baseball or zombies, one assumes the main character will be male, so I was excited to discover that this book had two strong female main characters. This book is full of humor with puns and witty quips. The sibling rivalry is real and something that many readers can relate to. I also liked that this wasn't the traditional zombie story in that the zombie wasn't out to eat their brains and it wasn't full of violence. This was a very cool and interesting concept and I think my students will really enjoy this novel.