My boyfriend is a monster.

Format:

Book

Title:

My boyfriend is a monster.

ISBN:

9780761360049

9780761370796

9780761370772

9780761370789

9780761370765

9780761385493

9780761360070

9780761368564

9780822594253

9780761360056

9780761385486

9781467707329

9780761356011

9780761355991

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm

Number in series:

01-03

Contents:

v. 1. I love him to pieces -- v. 2. Made for each other -- v. 3. My boyfriend bites -- v. 4. Under his spell -- v. 5. I date dead people -- v. 6. Wrapped up in you -- v. 7. He loves me, he loves me not -- v. 8. A match made in heaven.

Summary:

St. Petersburg High school juniors Dicey Bell, a baseball star, and Jack Chen, who loves science and role-playing, discover a mutual attraction when paired for a school project, but on their first date, a zombie-producing fungus sends them on the run.

Subject(s):

Interpersonal relations -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Zombies -- Comic books, strips, etc.

High schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Chinese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Horror comic books, strips, etc.

Schools -- Fiction.

Chinese Americans -- Fiction.

Horror stories.

Cartoons and comics.

Saint Petersburg (Fla.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Geographic Term:

Saint Petersburg (Fla.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Florida -- Saint Petersburg

Genre:

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels

Horror comic books, strips, etc.

Added Author:

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Stayton Public Library	YGN MY V. 01	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Stayton Public Library	YGN MY V. 02	Searching... Unknown
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Summary

Can love survive the zombie apocalypse? Maybe Dicey's first chance at a real relationship was dead from the start. She's the star of her high school baseball team, and Jack's the star of the science program. Her idea of a study session includes sleeping in the sun, and his idea of a good game involves dungeons and dice. But opposites start attracting when they're assigned to be partners in a class project. Now an outbreak of a weird infection--it eats your brains and leaves you hungry for more--might not mean just the end of their first date. It might mean the end of everything. Will their relationship fall apart faster than zombies in the Florida sun, or can Dicey and Jack beat the odds and find a happy ending?

Reviews (4)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 7 Up-This first book in a series of horror romances is a stellar stand-alone thriller. Florida teens Jack Chen and Dicey Bell are from different worlds: he is a super-geek who plays RPGs and reads research projects for fun while she is a star baseball player, the only girl on the team. When they're paired together for the raise-an-egg project, neither of them expects to get romantically involved-or to end up sticking together to hold off a zombie plague. When Jack gets bitten, only an experimental drug developed by his scientist parents can keep him from turning-and he'll only survive with Dicey's help. More romance than horror, the story has delightful dialogue, engaging characters, and pitch-perfect flirting. Gorrissen captures the personalities of the characters in body language and facial expressions, revealing far more about what they're thinking and feeling than is provided in the dialogue alone. This is a strong beginning to a series of short teen romances that will later feature a vampire, faerie, and "monster" boyfriend. Readers of R. L. Stine's "Goosebumps" graphic-novel series (Scholastic) will enjoy this more mature, character-driven horror story.-Alana Joli Abbott, formerly at James Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford, CT (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

In Love, high school jock Dicey can see past science-loving classmate Jack's nerd status, but will a zombie bite destroy their relationship? In Made, Maria dates Frankenstein's monster's monster. Though these graphic novels don't stand up to multiple readings, their occasional tongue-in-cheek-horror humor and kick-butt female characters have some appeal. Black-and-white panel illustrations create an atmosphere of dark adventure. [Review covers these Graphic Universe: My Boyfriend Is a Monster titles: Made for Each Other and I Love Him to Pieces.] (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

Made for Each Other, written by Paul D. Storrie and illustrated by Eldon Cowgur. A hoot from opening salvo ("JACK CHEN, YOU'RE THE FATHER OF MY BABY!") to closing clinch. (Graphic novel. 11-13)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

What happens when a baseball player and a goth nerd fall in love? The zombie apocalypse, of course. But jock Dicey is determined that she and Jack will survive and maybe she'll even finally get a kiss from him! Tsang and Gorrissen's entry in the new My Boyfriend Is a Monster graphic-novel series cashes in on the current zombie craze, but it does so with style and humor. Dicey and Jack are extremely likable characters as are the bit players and their young romance is crafted slowly enough to get readers invested in it. The middle section of the book gets rushed a bit when the zombies start appearing, but the final act, when the two teens try to fight their way out of embattled St. Petersburg, Florida, is scary and gory and exciting but not too bloody for a middle-school audience. Gorrissen's refreshing, black-and-white art gives the story a crisp, modern feel, with clearly individuated characters and realistic body types. A great beginning to a fun new series.--Goldsmith, Francisca Copyright 2010 Booklist