Young Adult Literature - The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Ryan, C. (2009).  The Forest of hands and teeth.  New York: Delacort Press.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Forest of Hands and Teeth.  The title immediately caught my attention, and the cover art also intrigued me.  Mary's community is surrounded by a high fence to keep out the Unconsecrated.  The unconsecrated are zombies who try relentlessly to get those who are kept safe by the fence.  When there is a breach in the fence and most of the people Mary has known her entire life are killed or are turned into the Unconsencrated, she and a small group of survivors must go beyond the world they have always known to see what is beyond their village.  I thought this was a fairly unique twist on the zombie stories.  There were times where the story dragged a little, but it was a worthwhile read.