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Gr 9 Up—Slavery comes to a halt when the dead on Civil War battlefields begin to rise and eat their compatriots. The north and south put aside their philosophical differences and join forces against the undead. They are aided in their efforts by the passage of the Native and Negro Reeducation Act which forces African American boys and girls into combat schools. Graduates from these schools are a buffer between the living and the undead. Jane McKeen is a biracial girl sent to Ms. Presto...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Just days after Jane McKeene, notoriously known as the daughter of a white plantation-owner mother and an unknown "Negro" field-hand father, was born, the Civil War became a war between the living and the undead when bodies began to rise on the Gettysburg battlefield. Now seventeen, Jane is about to complete the combat training required by the Native and Negro Reeducation Act established in the aftermath of the Great Discord. Soon she will seek a position as a white society lady's Attendant, a chaperone/bodyguard providing protection from scandal and "shamblers" (the undead) alik...Log In or Sign Up to Read More