ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN

Narrator Sunil Malhotra is amazing as he creates the attacking zombies in an audiobook that's much more than its title suggests. When Rabie and his buddies visit the baseball field to practice, they're "hit" by fumes that are far worse than usual from their local meat-packing plant. Malhotra deftly replicates Indian-American Rabie and Mexican Miguel, complete with accents, as well as all-American Joe. When the three learn that Miguel's relatives were deported because of what they saw at the plant, they decide to investigate. Bacigalupi covers topics such as deportation, corrupt business practices, genetically modified food, and bullying in this fast-paced story. Audio is the perfect format for the frightening sounds of this horror story. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2014]