Zombie Bums from Uranus
Andy Griffiths
Macmillan 2003
214pp., pbk., $14.95
0330364251
The Day My Bum went Psycho wins the inaugural Young Australia Readers Award
Wished there was a carry on to “The Day My Bum went Psycho”? . .
Because here it is, and you'll be hooked from the very beginning. Not only does Zack Freeman return, but so does his well-known bum.
In this disgusting story big zombie bums invade Earth and attach themselves over people's bums. As soon as you read the first page you will be hooked to the book and will not be able to put it down! With funny chapter names and a hilarious theme, this is the complete book for any age. You will be getting into trouble for reading at the wrong time.
Andy Griffiths uses such descriptive and characteristic adjectives that you can hear and smell the setting. The characters are so well described that you can see and hear them talking, while feeling like you're eavesdropping on their conversations and imagine their personality clearly. The language is original with a few made-up words but you can still see the images in your mind.
If your friends have told you how exciting the book is you would be begging to go to the bookstores to buy the book. Or you would be wishing to get it as a present. I am so glad I read “ZOMBIE BUMS from URANUS” that I want to read it again. The language and sentence structure contribute to the atmosphere more than any other book that you have read. “ZOMBIE BUMS from URANUS” is a book so thrilling and exciting that I would keep it for my children.
Jaydin, age 10, NSW
Zombie Bums from Uranus by Andy Griffiths continues the story from The Day My Bum Went Psycho. The main character in both books is Zack Freeman and his psycho bum which are again faced with the challenge of saving the universe. It definitely helps to have read the first book before reading this sequel because to helps to understand what has already happened in the story so far.
Zombie bums, which have been frozen in the rings around the planet Uranus, have been defrosted and are headed for earth. Zack is going to have to fight them. At the beginning of the book Zack has been training in a virtual reality bum simulator and he has died in every one of the goes he has had. Zack finds his Gran’s house under attack by “Zombie buns from Uranus”. Zack, his Gran and Eleanor have to ask the mutant maggot king for help to save the Earth but the question is can he be trusted.
This book is definitely aimed and suited to the middle to upper primary school age level. If you have a weird sense of humour and like books with lots of silliness this would appeal to you. I thought this book was all right but I prefer Andy Griffith’s “Just “series over his “Bum” series.
Simon, Adelaide, aged 10 years
