"Would you believe me if I said I'm sorry?" This is what Skylar hears everytime her boyfriend Marcus hits her. His gang rules the town. She lives with her brother Trenton, who is also in the gang. Trenton doesn't know, and if he did, he'd sure beat the living hell out of Marcus. She can't tell anyone. The only person able to break through her wall is Riley. He too is in a gang. Surrounded by badass guys, Skylar learns a few things. One of them being how to fight back.

Okie's fifteen. She lives in New York. She's got a few problems: she's failing geography, her dad's a wimp, and her mother, Sumatra, is a stone cold bitch. But things get a lot worse when Sumatra turns into a zombie and eats Okie's dad. Clio, Okie's grandmother, lives in Toronto; but since the zombie apocalypse, Toronto's a lot further away than it used to be. Clio suggests that Okie transport Sumatra across the border, because family is family. But coaching Okie by cellphone isn't easy, and Clio has some zombies of her own to contend with. Luckily she has some garden tools. Naomi Alderman and Margaret Atwood team up for this unusual two-hander. Encompassing love, death, sex, and the meaning of family, The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home will surprise, delight, and convince you of the vital importance of keeping ready supplies of rhubarb and mini-wieners in your freezer at all times. The story unfolds beginning October 24.