4.5! Eeep awesome spoopy read to fit the October feel. 
 It's been so long since I picked up a Zombie book I had nearly forgotten how much I enjoyed the, I loved the science in this and the narration was amazing, the mix of Melanie's innocence and her smarts as well as the adults around her was awesome to watch unfold and I loved the student teacher bond. 
 Melanie has to be one of my favourite characters, she's so well written and not your average child lead with being a hungry and all that fun stuff. 
 100% would recommend this to anyone that is vaguely interested or thinking about it, I put this book off for to long for no real reason.